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Article: WISCONSIN NATIONAL GUARD PROVIDES REAL-TIME VIDEO OF FLOOD DAMAGED AREAS

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June 10, 2008
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The National Guard issued the following news release:

By Tech. Sgt. Don NelsonWisconsin National Guard

Flying at 8,000 feet above flood ravaged Wisconsin, members of the Wisconsin National Guard with assistance from Guard units in Arkansas and Mississippi provided emergency management officials with 'eyes in the sky' to help with disaster relief efforts.

Recent heavy rains have left Wisconsin rivers and lakes swollen and in many cases the surrounding areas flooded. With disaster relief efforts ongoing, the 115th Fighter Wing in Madison worked with the 186th Air Refueling Wing from the Mississippi Air National Guard in Meridian, Miss., to bring an RC-26 capable of flying over a flooded area ...

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