{"id":16693,"date":"2020-10-21T16:28:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T16:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=16693"},"modified":"2020-10-21T16:29:22","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T16:29:22","slug":"actor-and-pilot-harrison-ford-becomes-spokesman-for-covid-19-disaster-response-nonprofit-airlink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/actor-and-pilot-harrison-ford-becomes-spokesman-for-covid-19-disaster-response-nonprofit-airlink\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Actor and Pilot Harrison Ford Becomes Spokesman for COVID-19 Disaster Response Nonprofit Airlink"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hollywood actor Harrison Ford announced he is to become a\nspokesman for Airlink, a rapid response disaster relief nonprofit. Not widely\nknown outside the aviation industry, since January Airlink has delivered over\n7.5 million pieces of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), over 300,000 pounds\nof relief supplies, and medical volunteers to COVID-19 impacted communities\nacross the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Harrison Ford makes final adjustments to his script before shooting.  <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Based in Washington DC, Airlink builds partnerships with\nglobal airlines and air freight carriers, enabling it to provide free or\nsubsidized air transport to a network of over 130 disaster response and\nhumanitarian relief organizations. The Salvation Army, Project HOPE, World\nCentral Kitchen, and MedShare are among Airlink\u2019s partners relying on it to\nhelp transport responders and humanitarian supplies to disaster-impacted communities\nworldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to responding to COVID-19, this year Airlink has\nmoved volunteer responders, humanitarian aid workers, and relief supplies to\nBeirut in response to the recent explosion of a stockpile of ammonium nitrate;\nto Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and Florida responding to Hurricanes Laura, Sally\nand Delta; and they helped get teams to impacted communities dealing with the\nDerecho in Iowa. Earlier this year, Airlink also responded to Australian\nbushfires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA pilot friend made me aware of the work Airlink does and I\nbecame eager to be involved,\u201d said Ford, \u201cAirlink and its aviation sector\nsupporters partner with non-profit humanitarian aid groups to bring comfort,\ncompassion, and hope to thousands of people in desperate need in the U.S. and around\nthe world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Producer Jane, lets the Airlink team back in Washington DC join the shoot via Skype. <\/em>
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Despite Airlink\u2019s lack of public name recognition, its\nsponsors and partners include well-known businesses such as United Airlines,\nRolls-Royce, Boeing, Aircastle, Polar Air Cargo, Deloitte, and Flexport. They\nalso enjoy the philanthropic support of some foundations including the ISTAT\nFoundation, Center for Disaster Philanthropy, and Clara Lionel Foundation.       <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHarrison has long been an aviation advocate and as a pilot\nhas participated in many aviation-based humanitarian efforts. We are a great\nmatch for one another,\u201d said Airlink President and CEO Steven J. Smith. \u201cIt is\nan honor to have Harrison involved with promoting the work of Airlink as we and\nour aviation and nonprofit partners continue to deliver aid to communities\nimpacted by natural and man-made disasters.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harrison Ford recently shot a short video from his California aircraft hangar designed to highlight the life-saving work of Airlink. The video can now be seen on Airlink\u2019s website<\/a> and YouTube channel<\/a>.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hollywood actor Harrison Ford announced he is to become a spokesman for Airlink, a rapid response disaster relief nonprofit. Not widely known outside the aviation industry, since January Airlink has delivered over 7.5 million pieces of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), over 300,000 pounds of relief supplies, and medical volunteers to COVID-19 impacted communities across the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16694,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-front-page-slider","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Harrison-Ford-SD4_7470edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16693"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16698,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16693\/revisions\/16698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}