$158M contract extension keeps San Marcos company flying US military in Africa

San Marco-based Berry Aviation Inc. was recently awarded an additional $157.89 million to keep flying United States military personnel around Africa. The contract is for continued rotary and fixed-wing airlift support services — meaning both helicopters and planes — including passenger, cargo, casualty evacuation, personnel recovery, air drop and limited door-to-door services with U.S. Africa Command and countries supporting operations in Africa, such as Germany and Italy. The contract ends…