Operation Unified Response
A C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft is loaded with 40 pallets of relief supplies Jan. 18, 2010, at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., before taking off for a humanitarian mission to Haiti. The C-17, from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., conducted the first humanitarian air delivery mission over Haiti. U.S. Southern Command is deploying assets to Haiti to conduct search and rescue operations, damage assessments and sustained humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)