Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 2nd Class Travis Story, a native of Reading, Calif., carries a 100-pound sack of rice to a school in the remote village of Altavas. Story is a helicopter pilot with the "Black Knights" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 4 embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and has been flying on relief missions to remote areas on the island delivering food and water.

Col. Tozuka signs the surrender instrument
as Col. Stanton looks on, in Cabatuan Airfield,
Barrio Tiring, Cabatuan, Iloilo, September 2, 1945,
Panay Island, Philippines

Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 2nd Class Travis Story, a native of Reading, Calif., carries a 100-pound sack of rice to a school in the remote village of Altavas. Story is a helicopter pilot with the "Black Knights" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 4 embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and has been flying on relief missions to remote areas on the island delivering food and water in the wake of Typhoon Frank (Fengshen)

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ALTAVAS, Philippines (June 30, 2008) Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 2nd Class Travis Story, a native of Reading, Calif., carries a 100-pound sack of rice to a school in the remote village of Altavas. Story is a helicopter pilot with the "Black Knights" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 4 embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and has been flying on relief missions to remote areas on the island delivering food and water. U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Spike Call (Released)

Typhoon Fengshen is locally called Typhoon Frank.

The U.S. Navy is using the Cabatuan Airport (Iloilo Airport), located in the town of Cabatuan, Iloilo as its base of operations during the Typhoon Frank relief.

This was also the site of the old WW2 airfield.

The old airfield was called Cabatuan Airfield by the Japanese Imperial Army, after the Municipality of Cabatuan, Iloilo where it was located; Tiring Landing Field by the Panay guerillas of Col. Macario Peralta and the Free Panay Government of Iloilo Governor Thomas Confesor, after Barrio Tiring, Cabatuan, where it was specifically located; Tiring Airfield or Tiring Field by the Americans, after Barrio Tiring, Cabatuan; and erroneously as Santa Barbara Airfield or Santa Barbara Airport by the Americans, erroneous since the airfield was not located in the neighboring town.

Cabatuan.com - Timeline 2008 - Typhoon Frank - U.S. Navy

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