Following the January 2010 Haiti earthquake members of the 249th and three C-17s deployed to Jackson Air National Guard Base to fly cargo and relief assistance personnel to the destroyed areas of Haiti . At Jackson , they integrated with the 183rd Airlift Squadron of the Mississippi Air National Guard . Squadron members flew equipment like fire trucks and fork lifts into Haiti , while evacuating more than 800 refugees on the return trips . In July of that same year , a C-17 flown by a joint crew of the 249th and 517th crashed while practicing for an airshow , killing the four crewmembers aboard the plane
2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
249th Airlift Squadron