{"id":32570,"date":"2019-02-17T16:50:28","date_gmt":"2019-02-17T16:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/02\/17\/air-force-c-17s-bring-tons-of-humanitarian-aid-for-venezuela\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:25:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:25:56","slug":"air-force-c-17s-bring-tons-of-humanitarian-aid-for-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/02\/17\/air-force-c-17s-bring-tons-of-humanitarian-aid-for-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Force C-17s bring tons of humanitarian aid for Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CUCUTA, Colombia \u2014 The U.S. Air Force airlifted tons of aid to a Colombian town on the Venezuelan border Saturday as part of an effort to both help the Venezuelan people during their humanitarian and political crisis and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/02\/04\/military-intervention-in-venezuela-is-an-option-trump-says-as-russia-warns-against-meddling\/\" target=_blank>undermine socialist President Nicolas Maduro<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and Joint Base Charleston, S.C., delivered humanitarian aid to Cucuta, Columbia. The cargo planes took off from Homestead Air Reserve Base in Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnited States Air Force humanitarian aid missions are the most meaningful missions that we fly,\u201d Capt. Susan Jennie, a C-17 pilot with the 6th Airlift Squadron at McGuire, said in an Air Force news release. \u201cThe opportunity to fly these kinds of missions was my biggest motivation to train and fly on the C-17. To be able to help out and bring aid to those in need, when needed, is one of the most rewarding opportunities I\u2019ve been presented in my life and career.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That border city, swollen by a flood of migrants from Venezuela, is a collection point for aid that\u2019s supposed to be distributed by supporters of Juan Guaido, the congressional leader who is recognized by the U.S. and many other nations as Venezuela\u2019s legitimate president. He has called for the aid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This wasn&#8217;t the first, and it won&#8217;t be the last,&#8221; said USAID Administrator Mark Green, standing on the tarmac in Cucuta at a ceremony to receive the aid. &#8220;More is on the way.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commercial planes had been used for earlier shipments of aid, which is aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/management\/leadership\/2018\/11\/01\/us-vows-tough-approach-to-venezuela-nicaragua-and-cuba\/\" target=_blank>dramatizing the economic crisis<\/a> \u2014 including hyperinflation and shortages of food and medicine \u2014 gripping Venezuela. Critics say last year\u2019s re-election was fraudulent, making Maduro\u2019s second term illegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1199\" height=\"629\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Venezuela2.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Venezuela2.jpg.jpg 1199w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Venezuela2.jpg.jpg?resize=300,157 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Venezuela2.jpg.jpg?resize=768,403 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Venezuela2.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,537 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1199px) 100vw, 1199px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A C-17 Globemaster III delivers humanitarian aid from Homestead Air Reserve Base, FL to Cucuta, Colombia February 16, 2019.  This mission was planned at the request of the U.S. Secretary of State, in close coordination with USAID and with the approval of the government of Colombia.  The role of the U.S. military during this peaceful mission is to transport urgently needed aid to Colombia for eventual distribution by relief organizations on the ground for Venezuelans impacted by the rapidly deteriorating crisis in their country.  This humanitarian mission underscores the United States\u2019 firm commitment and readiness to respond to the man-made political, economic, and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Gregory Brook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We are saving lives with these airplanes,&#8221; said Lestor Toledo, an exiled politician who is coordinating the international aid effort for Guaido.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis whole of government response is a demonstration of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2019\/02\/10\/commentary-all-options-has-little-meaning\/\" target=_blank>U.S. commitment to the Venezuelan people<\/a>,\u201d said Col. Armando Hernandez, deputy public affairs chief, United States Southern Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe U.S. military has a long history of supporting USAID-led aid missions and working with international relief organizations to provide aid to people impacted by life-threatening crises and disasters,\u201d Hernandez added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maduro has been using the military, which remains loyal, to help him block the aid from entering Venezuela, describing it as &#8220;crumbs&#8221; from a U.S. government whose restrictions have stripped his administration of control over many of its most valuable assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;They hang us, steal our money and then say &#8216;here, grab these crumbs&#8217; and make a global show out of it,&#8221; Maduro told The Associated Press on Thursday. &#8220;With dignity we say &#8216;No to the global show.&#8217; Whoever wants to help Venezuela is welcome, but we have enough capacity to pay for everything that we need.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His vice president has alleged, without evidence, that the aid packages are contaminated. Green on Saturday called the allegations &#8220;absurd.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saturday&#8217;s 180-ton shipment includes high-energy food products or hygiene kids of soap, toothpaste and other goods for more than 25,000 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guaido spoke to a crowd of supporters gathered in eastern Caracas on Saturday and vowed to form caravans of activists to reach the border and bring in aid on Jan. 23. 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The U.S. Air Force has begun flying tons of aid to a Colombian town on the Venezuelan border as part of an effort meant to undermine socialist President Nicolas Maduro. The first of three C-17 cargo planes has flown from Homestead Air Reserve Base in Florida and landed in the town of Cucuta. (AP Photo\/Ariana Cubillos)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have to do something to save so many people who are suffering and dying for lack of medicine,\u201d she said. Peroza wept as she described a dehydrated child dying in her arms for lack of a catheter to rehydrate him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. and widespread European recognition of Guaido complicates Maduro&#8217;s efforts to find funds to keep his government, and its own food programs, running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. has placed Venezuela&#8217;s U.S. assets, including oil company Citgo, under Guaido&#8217;s control and bans financial transactions by Maduro-controlled entities. 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