relief efforts
First Lt. Andre Dieu, a C-17 Globemaster III pilot with the 7th Airlift Squadron at McChord Air Force Base, Wash., prepares for an air refueling from a KC-135 Stratotanker from Travis AFB, Calif., over the Pacific Ocean Oct. 1, 2009. The C-17 was en route from McChord to Pago Pago, American Samoa, supporting humanitarian relief efforts for the region. On board was a team of nine Federal Emergency Management Agency officials and 17,000 pounds of communications equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Burks)