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552nd Air Control Wing supports hurricane relief efforts

OVER LOUISIANA -- Capt. Jeff Dale (left) and 1st Lt. John Zanfardino track search-and-rescue aircraft here Sept. 7 in an E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft. The air weapons officers usually track fighter aircraft on their radars. They are assigned to the 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Fowler)

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Reservists charge into aeromedical evacuation effort

SAN ANTONIO -- Master Sgts. John Clauss (left) and Rob Rodriguez perform an operational check-up on a defibrillator. The two flying medics helped aeromedical evacuation teams organize and load their equipment for flights. They are with the 433rd Airlift Wing at nearby Lackland Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jason Tudor)

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More relief on the way

GULFPORT, Miss. -- A C-5 Galaxy from the New York Air National Guard's 105th Airlift Wing sits on a ramp at the combat readiness training center here as Airmen with the 137th Airlift Squadron unload a cargo bay full of support vehicles and equipment. The equipment will be used for Hurricane Katrina relief operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael O'Halloran)

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More relief on the way

ALBANY, N.Y. -- A scamp crane sits inside a C-5 Galaxy before a Humvee is loaded Sept. 5 by Airmen with the 109th Aerial Port Squadron at the Albany International Airport. The cargo was bound for Gulfport, Miss., in support of Hurricane Katrina relief operations. The Galaxy belongs to the New York Air National Guard's 105th Airlift Wing that has flown 12 missions delivering about 1.5 million pounds of cargo and 400 passengers in support of the relief effort. (U.S. Air Force photos by Tech. Sgt. Michael O'Halloran)

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More relief on the way

ALBANY, N.Y. -- A C-5 Galaxy sits on the flightline before cargo is loaded Sept. 5 by Airmen with the 109th Aerial Port Squadron at the Albany International Airport. The cargo was bound for Gulfport, Miss., in support of Hurricane Katrina relief operations. The Galaxy belongs to the New York Air National Guard's 105th Airlift Wing that has flown 12 missions delivering about 1.5 million pounds of cargo and 400 passengers in support of the relief effort. (U.S. Air Force photos by Tech. Sgt. Michael O'Halloran)

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Caring compassion

LOUIS ARMSTRONG NEW ORLEANS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, La. -- Senior Airman Portia Payton talks to hurricane evacuee Betty Porter here Sept. 4. Airman Payton sat with Ms. Porter for almost four hours while talking, feeding and offering her water before her aeromedical evacuation flight to Lake Charles, La. Airman Payton is a medical technician from the 59th Medical Wing at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jason Tudor)

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Air Force evacuates the sick and wounded

NEW ORLEANS -- Capt. Mike Dixon and Staff Sgt. Lina Gamez provide a hand to hold and reassuring words to an elderly patient who survived Hurricane Katrina. They are traveling aboard a C-17 Globemaster III from the international airport here Sept. 1st. Captain Dixon and Sergeant Gamez have teamed up with an activated Reserve C-17 crew from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., to provide aeromedical evacuation for ambulatory and critical care patients. The flight carried 28 ambulatory and six litters to Dobbins Air Force Base, Ga. Captain Dixon is an intensive care nurse with the 59th Medical Wing, Sergeant Gamez is a respiratory therapist with the 759th Surgical Operations Squadron, both from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)

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Air Force evacuates the sick and wounded

NEW ORLEANS -- Capt. Gary Hardy helps prepare sick and injured people for a flight aboard a C-17 Globemaster III. They are being evacuated from the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina to Dobbins Air Force Base, Ga. Captain Hardy a flight nurse with the 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, at Pope AFB, N.C., and other Air Force Critical Care Aeromedical Teams have cared for thousands of evacuees. The aircraft and flight crew are from the 446th Airlift Wing at McChord Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)

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AMC response groups establish airfield operations for hurricane relief

MCGUIRE AIR FORCE BASE, N.J. -- Airmen with the 305th Aerial Port Squadron here load equipment onto a C-17 Globemaster III headed for the New Orleans airport Aug. 31 to assist in Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Twenty-nine Airmen from McGuire's 621st Contingency Response Wing and 110,000 pounds of equipment departed here for the hurricane-devastated region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenn Mann)

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AMC response groups establish airfield operations for hurricane relief

MCGUIRE AIR FORCE BASE, N.J. -- Airmen with the 305th Aerial Port Squadron here load equipment onto a C-17 Globemaster III headed for the New Orleans airport Aug. 31 to assist in Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Twenty-nine Airmen from McGuire's 621st Contingency Response Wing and 110,000 pounds of equipment departed here for the hurricane-devastated region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kenn Mann)

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Evacuation

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. - A veteran from the Armed Forces Home in Gulfport, Miss., is lifted onto a bus here after Airmen with the 908th Airlift Wing at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Scott AFB, Ill., and the 89th Medical Group here helped transport veterans from the Armed Forces Home after Hurricane Katrina decimated the area. The veterans were flown by a C-130 Hercules from Maxwell to here where they were then taken to the Armed Forces Home in Washington, D.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Matthews)

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Evacuation

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. - A passenger is carried from a C-130 Hercules after Airmen with the 908th Airlift Wing at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Scott AFB, Ill., and the 89th Medical Group here transported veterans from the Armed Forces Home in Gulfport, Miss., after Hurricane Katrina decimated the area. The veterans were flown by a C-130 Hercules from Maxwell to here where they were then taken to the Armed Forces Home in Washington, D.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Matthews)

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Evacuation

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- Airmen with the 908th Airlift Wing at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Scott AFB, Ill., and the 89th Medical Group here help transport veterans from the Armed Forces Home in Gulfport, Miss., after Hurricane Katrina decimated the area. The veterans were flown by a C-130 Hercules from Maxwell to here where they were then taken to the Armed Forces Home in Washington, D.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Matthews)

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Cargo hauler

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. - Wheelchairs were among the cargo moved by Airmen with the 908th Airlift Wing at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Scott AFB, Ill., and the 89th Medical Group who helped transport veterans from the Armed Forces Home in Gulfport, Miss., after Hurricane Katrina decimated the area. The veterans were flown by a C-130 Hercules from Maxwell to here and then taken to the Armed Forces Home in Washington, D.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Matthews)

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Cargo hauler

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- Airmen with the 908th Airlift Wing at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Scott AFB, Ill., and the 89th Medical Group here strap down cargo while transporting veterans from the Armed Forces Home in Gulfport, Miss., after Hurricane Katrina decimated the area. The veterans were flown by a C-130 Hercules from Maxwell to here where they were then taken to the Armed Forces Home in Washington, D.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Matthews)

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AF File Photo

LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Two Airmen with the 149th Fighter Wing load equipment onto a truck as they prepare to join other guardsmen at the Army National Guard armory in Houston before traveling to Louisiana. Twenty-four Airmen with the wing's medical group will become part of a joint Army and Air Guard task force from Texas to assist hurricane recovery efforts in Louisiana. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Miguel Arellano)

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AF File Photo

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. -- Chief Master Sgt. Mike Harper (left) and Tech. Sgt. Daniel Barrera carry a patient onto an Air Force Reserve Command C-130 Hercules here Aug. 31. Sixty-two patients, all from the Air Force Village in Gulfport, Miss., arrived here by bus and stayed in the base gym. The patients were moved Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Chief Harper is a 908th Airlift Wing loadmaster, and Sergeant Barrera is assigned to the 42nd Aeromedical Dental Operations Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Carl Bergquist)

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AFRC flies missions to storm-ravaged areas

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Rescue crews and support people from the 920th Rescue Wing load supplies and support material, including an all-terrain vehicle, onto an HC-130 P/N aircraft here Aug. 30. A team of 50 unit reservists expect to be deployed for a week, living off of supplies they carry with them. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Wade Arnold)

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