Confusion leaves international aid at Air Force base

US federal emergency officials are directing hurricane-aid supplies to areas where hey aren’t needed, according to an Air Force official, causing delays that have left international aid shipments for Hurricane Katrina victims sitting at an Air Force base in Arkansas.

Civilian truck drivers hired to transport goods to Louisiana and Mississippi have found themselves diverted to locations that don’t need the items they’re carrying, said Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Bret Archbold, who oversees the transfer of international shipments onto the trucks at Little Rock Air Force Base, in Jacksonville, north of Little Rock.