COLOMBO, Dec. 7 -- Two US Air Force C-130J Super Hercules aircraft and a contingent of Airmen from the 36th Contingency Response Group (CRG) arrived at the Katunayake Air Base on Sunday (7) to bolster Sri Lanka's ongoing response to Cyclone Ditwah. The team was received by US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung and Sri Lanka's Deputy Minister of Defence, Major General K.P. Aruna Jayasekara (Retd.), as both countries moved quickly to initiate joint relief missions.

The deployment provides critical American airlift and logistics capacity to assist the Sri Lankan government's nationwide relief operations.

A statement from the US embassy in Sri Lanka said the Airmen will work alongside the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) and the Disaster Managem...