{"id":33355,"date":"2025-11-14T15:10:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T15:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=33355"},"modified":"2025-11-14T15:25:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T15:25:05","slug":"samaritans-purse-dedicates-new-boeing-767-retires-historic-dc-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/north-carolina\/samaritans-purse-dedicates-new-boeing-767-retires-historic-dc-8\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Samaritan\u2019s Purse Dedicates New Boeing 767, Retires Historic DC-8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

International Christian relief organization Samaritan\u2019s Purse<\/a> ceremonially retired its Douglas DC-8 cargo aircraft and dedicate its new Boeing 767 at its Airlift Response Center in Greensboro, North Carolina. This event marks a new era for the ministry\u2019s global aviation operations and advances its ability to help suffering families around the world in Jesus\u2019 Name.<\/p>\n\n\n

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For more than a decade, the Samaritan\u2019s Purse DC-8 served as the organization\u2019s primary heavy-lift aircraft\u2014airlifting more than 9.2 million pounds of life-saving cargo on 217 missions worldwide. First acquired in 2015, the aircraft became an indispensable tool for delivering emergency supplies to people suffering after natural disasters, conflicts, and humanitarian crises. It is now the last U.S. registered DC-8 still flying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, that legacy continues with the newly commissioned Boeing 767\u2014a modern cargo aircraft that expands the ministry\u2019s capacity to respond rapidly and efficiently wherever disaster strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAviation is an incredible tool for Samaritan\u2019s Purse. Every one of our cargo planes says \u2018Helping in Jesus\u2019 Name\u2019 right across the nose of the aircraft. After a disaster strikes, we want people to know why we are bringing life-saving supplies. We want them to know that God loves them and they\u2019re not forgotten,\u201d said Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse. \u201cGod has used this DC-8 cargo plane to impact hundreds of thousands of lives\u2014and He is using it right up to the very end of its service life. As we retire the DC-8, we are grateful to God for the 767 taking its place. It will allow us to transport far more supplies\u2014faster and more effectively\u2014and will continue the work of bringing the hope of the Gospel to people around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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The 767 completed its inaugural mission on Oct. 24, carrying more than 290,000 packets of supplementary food for suffering women and children in Gaza, along with blankets, solar lights, and other critical relief items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just weeks later, the aircraft was deployed again\u2014this time to Jamaica, following Hurricane Melissa, the strongest storm ever to strike the island. To date, Samaritan\u2019s Purse has completed seven airlifts to Jamaica, utilizing its DC-8, 767 and 757. One of the 767 airlifts carried the organization\u2019s Emergency Field Hospital equipped with an operating room, intensive care unit, emergency room, obstetric ward, laboratory, pharmacy, and blood bank. This flight to Jamaica marked the first time, Samaritan\u2019s Purse transported a large Emergency Field Hospital on a single flight. Previously, such a deployment required multiple airlifts, but the 767\u2019s size and range made it possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Samaritan’s Purse Douglas DC-8 cargo aircraft was ceremonially retired. Photo courtesy of Samaritan’s Purse.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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