Air National Guard to fly firetruck to Nicaragua

MCGUIRE AIR FORCE BASE, N.J. — A fire truck will soon be heading from New Jersey to Nicaragua.

The Air National Guard at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on Wednesday will load the truck aboard a C-5 Galaxy cargo plane for the flight to the Central American nation. The trip is possible through the Denton Program, which allows U.S. citizens and organizations to use space available on military cargo aircraft to transport humanitarian goods to countries in need.

Master Sgt. Jorge Narvaez, who also is a Princeton police officer, and retired chief Ray Wadsworth procured the truck from the Princeton Fire Department. It will be donated to a group of volunteer firefighters in Managua, Nicaragua.

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