 Over 2,800 flight hours were flown on deployment with a detachment aboard , transferring more than three and a half million pounds of cargo.From August to November of 2017, the Dusty Dogs flew over 235 flight hours during their Defense Support to Civil Authority (DSCA) operations following Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria in Texas and Puerto Rico.During the relief operations, over 200 sorties were flown accounting for the transportation of 1,
566 passengers, of cargo, and 850 flying hours.