Ava flies home to her Sergeant after a year and 3 months in foster care for Dogs On Deployment and other tidbits
Capt. Jim Hwang and his first Officer flew little Ava from Socorro, NM to her Sergeant in Napa, CA after a year and 3 months in foster care with Dave Sarver who works with Dogs On Deployment to foster pets for Military personnel who get deployed and who cannot take their pets along.
Pictures of Ava with Capt. Hwang and First Officer Dan and her Sergeant S/Sgt Destiny Mitchell
The Pilots N Paws folks fill a very much needed and important role of transporting the animals to oft times, long distance locations, around the country, because finding fosters for periods, of sometimes several years, can be difficult at the best of times.
One run last year started in North Carolina and ended in Tijeras, New Mexico and because of PNP it took just over two days and the pilots used their own Aircraft at no cost for the Army person on her 5th deployment and it was the second time keeping her dogs with Dave.
Without PNP the whole transport would have not be feasible.
-Dave Sarver
