11-year old becomes a pilot

Lt. Col. Eric Brumskill explains the workings of a KC-135 Stratotanker Oct. 29, 2010, on the flightline at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Ryder was part of the 535th Airlift Squadron's quarterly Pilot for a Day program, which allows children with catastrophic disorders or illnesses to experience a day in the life of an Air Force pilot. Colonel Brumskill is the 96th Air Refueling Squadron chief pilot. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Carolyn Viss)

CRG

Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing at Joint-Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., push a prefabricated shelter facility from a C-5B Galaxy onto a waiting 60k cargo loader July 1, 2010 at Camp Marmal, Afghanistan. Thousands of tons of supplies have been processed in the past few weeks by teams of CRW Airmen as forces called up by the presidentially-directed surge of manpower and equipment have been arriving into Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres)

Airmen continue flow of nation-wide distribution of flood relief supplies in Pakistan

Members of a contingency response element in Pakistan load a C-130 Hercules with pallets of flood relief supplies Sept. 20, 2010, at Pakistan Air Force Base Chaklala. The CRE deployed from the 621st Contingency Response Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., to augment operations at the Pakistan air force's Central Flood Relief Cell at the air base. To date, U.S. military personnel and aircraft, working in partnership with the Pakistan military, have delivered more than 3.8 million kilograms of relief supplies and rescued more than 16,000 people throughout the flood-stricken areas of Pakistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kali L. Gradishar)

Airmen continue flow of nation-wide distribution of flood relief supplies in Pakistan

Members of a contingency response element in Pakistan prepare for the arrival of flood relief supplies to load a C-130 Hercules Sept. 20, 2010, at Pakistan Air Force Base Chaklala. Airmen deployed from the 621st Contingency Response Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., to augment operations at the Pakistan air force's Central Flood Relief Cell at the air base. To date, U.S. military personnel and aircraft, working in partnership with the Pakistan military, have delivered more than 3.8 million kilograms of relief supplies and rescued more than 16,000 people throughout the flood-stricken areas of Pakistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kali L. Gradishar)

Rapid loading for the fight

Airmen adjust a stand pole under the ramp of a C-5 Galaxy Sept. 15, 2010, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, before loading pallets into the aircraft using a large K-loader. As the airlift hub of the western Pacific, Airmen at Yokota AB work operations 24/7 to keep inbound and outbound aircraft moving efficiently. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)

Rapid loading for the fight

Airman 1st Class Tory Steen adjusts a stand pole under the ramp of a C-5 Galaxy Sept. 15, 2010, at Yokota Air Base, Japan, before loading pallets into the aircraft using a large K-loader. Airman Steen is with the 22nd Airlift Squadron at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)