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Preparing for the storm

ELLINGTON FIELD, Texas -- Airmen with the 147th Fighter Wing here fill sandbags Sept. 21 to protect buildings from flooding that Hurricane Rita is projected to bring. Rita is the third worst hurricane in recorded history and is expected to make landfall Sept. 24. Ellington Field is 17 miles southeast of Houston. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher D. Kerens)

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Preparing for the storm

ELLINGTON FIELD, Texas -- An Airman with the 147th Fighter Wing here scoops a tube of sand to fill sandbags Sept. 21 to protect buildings from flooding that Hurricane Rita is projected to bring. The hurricane is classified as a Category 4 and is expected to make landfall Sept. 24. Ellington Field is 17 miles southeast of Houston. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher D. Kerens)

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Preparing for the storm

ELLINGTON FIELD, Texas -- With the third worst hurricane in recorded history on the way, Airmen with the 147th Fighter Wing here fill sandbags Sept. 21 to protect buildings from flooding that Hurricane Rita is projected to bring. The hurricane is classified as a Category 4 and is expected to make landfall Sept. 24. Ellington Field is 17 miles southeast of Houston. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher D. Kerens)

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Preparing for the storm

ELLINGTON FIELD, Texas -- Sandbags filled by Airmen with the 147th Fighter Wing here lie ready to be used to protect buildings from flooding that Hurricane Rita is projected to bring. Rita is the third worst hurricane in recorded history and is expected to make landfall Sept. 24. Ellington Field is 17 miles southeast of Houston. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher D. Kerens)

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President monitors Rita at Northern Command

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- President George W. Bush arrives here Sept. 23. He came to U.S. Northern Command headquarters to monitor Hurricane Rita from the command's joint operations center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Lawrence Holmes)

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Price family glad to leave New Orleans

LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Ralf Price Sr. and his 6-day-old son, Jerry, arrive here from New Orleans on Sept. 3. The Hurricane Katrina evacuees are being inprocessed, given a medical checkup, fed and put into temporary shelters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Mark Borosch)

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Price family glad to leave New Orleans

LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- (From left) Ralf Price Jr., Dianna Price and Ralf Price arrive here with their family. The Hurricane Katrina evacuees arrived Sept. 3 from New Orleans. Evacuees are being inprocessed, given a medical checkup, fed and put into temporary shelters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Mark Borosch)

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Price family glad to leave New Orleans

LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Airmen with the 320th Training Squadron here help unload luggage from a C-9 Nightingale aircraft that brought Hurricane Katrina evacuees from New Orleans on Sept. 3. Evacuees are being inprocessed, given a medical checkup, fed and put into temporary shelters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Mark Borosch)

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Price family glad to leave New Orleans

LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Senior Airman Eric Knug unloads luggage from a C-9 Nightingale aircraft that brought Hurricane Katrina evacuees here from New Orleans Sept. 3. Evacuees are being inprocessed and given a medical checkup, fed and put into temporary shelters. Airman Knug is assigned to the 37th Logistics Readiness Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Mark Borosch)

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PRNG uses chat room to relay information about earthquake

1st Lt. Tirso Peña monitors a chat room Jan. 20, 2010, at the Puerto Rico National Guard joint operations center in San Juan, P.R. Multiple military units use the chat room to transmit information about the Haitian earthquake relief efforts. Lieutenant Peña is a navigator assigned to the Puerto Rico Air National Guard's 156th Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. J. Paul Croxon)

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Protecting the streets

Louisiana Guardsman Sgt. Rodric Reed guards a pharmacy in Lake Charles, La. providing a presence to deter looters after Hurricane Ike Sept. 13. Sgt. Rodric is assigned to Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 156 Infantry. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

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Protecting the streets

Corporal Jody Mahaffey (front) and Private First Class Kevin Farr (back) of the Army National Guard protect high risk looting targets such as pawn shops, gun shops and pharmacies in downtown Lake Charles, La., in anticipation of of Hurricane Ike Sept. 12. Cpl. Mahaffey and PFC. Farr and assigned to the Louisiana Army National Guard, Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 156 Infantry. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

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Protective Patrol

Corporal Jody Mahaffey and Private First Class Kevin Farr of the Army National Guard patrol the streets of downtown Lake Charles, La., providing a presence to deter looters in anticipation of the landfall of Hurricane Ike Sept. 12. Cpl. Mahaffey and PFC. Farr and assigned to the Louisiana National Guard, Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 156th Infantry. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

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Puerto Rico ANG supports Haiti earthquake relief

Airmen from the Puerto Rico Air National Guard's 156th Airlift Wing load one of the unit's C-130E Hercules aircraft with search and rescue equipment that was bound for Haiti along with a team of Puerto Rican search and rescue workers Jan. 16 at Munoz Air National Guard Base, P.R. In the first week after the earthquake devastated the island nation of Haiti, the 156 AW transported more than 117 tons of cargo and 294 passengers and evacuated 70 United States citizens. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. J. Paul Croxon)

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Puerto Rico ANG supports Haiti earthquake relief

Airmen from the Puerto Rico Air National Guard's 156th Airlift Wing load one of the unit's C-130E Hercules aircraft with search and rescue equipment that was bound for Haiti along with a team of Puerto Rican search and rescue workers Jan. 16 at Munoz Air National Guard Base, P.R. In the first week after the earthquake devastated the island nation of Haiti, the 156 AW transported more than 117 tons of cargo and 294 passengers and evacuated 70 United States citizens. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. J. Paul Croxon)

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Quick Response Force

BRADLEY AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Conn. - Airmen from a transportation management squadron load a C-130 Hercules with baggage needed by Soldiers and Airmen from the Connecticut National Guard's Quick Response Force (QRF) here Sept. 9. The QRF was formed after Sept. 11, 2001 to rapidly respond to any state emergency. They are on their way to New Orleans to provide security for Hurricane Katrina relief operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeanne E. Daigneau)

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RAAF at Sendai

Members of the Royal Australian Air Force prepare their C-17 Globemaster III for cargo prior to take off March 24, 2011, at Sendai Airport, Japan. Yokota Air Base Airmen have had the rare opportunity to work the 36th Squadron and 1st Aircraft Operation Support Squadron from the RAAF during Operation Tomodachi. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Michael J. Veloz)

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Reaching out with aid

Pallets of water, food and other humanitarian relief supplies are offloaded from a C-17 Globemaster III Jan. 16, 2010, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Supplies are being flown into the earthquake ravaged country around the clock by Air Force aircrews. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Jeff Kelly)

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Ready for Rita

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Members of the 920th Rescue Wing from Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., unload one of three HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters here Sept. 23. A C-5 Galaxy crew from Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., delivered members of the search and rescue wing to pre-position the helicopters in response to Hurricane Rita, which is expected to hit landfall Sept 24. Two additional Pave Hawks from Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., flew here Sept. 22 to support hurricane relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Anthony Hill)

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Ready to go

C-130's at Channel Islands Air National Guard Station in Southern California stand ready Oct 30 for another day of service in support of suppressing the California wildfires. The aircraft, equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System have come with crews and pilots from four states. (U.S. Army National Guard photo/Master Sgt. Ron Raflik)

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