We are actively planning 2026 Thunder Run.
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Date
Thunder Run will occur on June 13th, aligned with Oregon DARTs Whale Run exercise.
Location
We will be organizing food and goods for pickup at 2 hub airports: Walla Walla and an airport west of the Cascades. Pilots will fly these goods to various airports across Puget Sound. Pilots are needed for both those longer runs to and from Walla Walla as well as short runs that are under 15 minutes long (think Bellingham to Orcas Island).
These airports are ready to receive Thunder Run deliveries:
| Airport | Organization | Delivery Times |
| Camano Island 13W | Camano Island | 11AM – 1PM |
| Chapman Farms | Grays Harbor County | Noon – 2PM |
| Port Angeles KCLM | Clallam County DART | 10AM – Noon |
| Shelton KSHN | Hartstene Pointe CERT / DART | Noon – 2PM |
| Skagit KBVS | Thunder Run | 9 – 1PM |
| Island County W10 | South Whidbey | 10AM – Noon |
| Walla Walla KALW | Walla Walla | 9AM – 11AM |
Exercise Handbook
Click here to see our Exercise Handbook
We need your help!
We need volunteers TODAY to help coordinate with our emergency readiness organizations, distribution airports and facilities, good and good donors, and fund-raising. Whether it’s just an hour or two a month or just on the day of the event, your help is incredibly appreciated to make this year’s exercise successful.
On June 13th, we’ll need help:
On the ground
- Picking up food and bringing it to the airport
- Moving the food onto airplanes
- Offloading airplanes for distribution to local food banks and shelters
In the air
- Flying missions from our hub airports, located both on the west side of the Cascades as well as in Walla Walla, to airports across Puget Sound.
Please sign up here or visit our Volunteer Page today to find out how you can help.
Planning Meeting Minutes
February 9, 2026 Meeting Minutes and Recordings
March 11, 2026 Meeting Minutes and Recordings
April 8, 2026 Meeting Minutes and Recordings
April 21, 2026 Meeting Minutes and Recordings
May 5, 2026 Meeting Minutes and Recordings
After Action Report
You can find the details of how the 2026 Thunder Run exercise went in our After Action Postmortem.
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