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Airlifted to safety

BEAUMONT, Texas (AFPN) -- Shep and Lilly make their way to a C-141 Starlifter from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, during the final hours of an air evacuation from the Southeast Texas Regional Airport here Sept. 22. The dogs and their owner, Linda Haley, were evacuated from the path of Hurricane Rita. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)

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Heading home

SEBRING AIRPORT, Fla. -- Maj. Susan Martello, left, and Tech. Sgt. Chad Ghorely remove a new cast off a patient's leg before being loaded onto a C-130 Hercules here Sept. 23. Due to the high air pressure during flight, the cast would have become uncomfortable. The C-130 transported more than a dozen elderly evacuees back to Key West, Fla. Major Martello and Sergeant Ghorely are both assigned to North Carolina Air National Guard's 156th Aeromedical Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian E. Christiansen)

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Hurricane Rita Support

SEBRING AIRPORT, Fla. -- Technicians and paramedics from the North Carolina Air National Guard's 156th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron load patients onto a C-130 here Sept. 23. The C-130 transported more than a dozen elderly Hurricane Rita evacuees back to Key West, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian E. Christiansen)

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Hurricane Rita Support

SEBRING AIRPORT, Fla. -- Senior Airman Amanda Sugg sets up cots here that were used in a C-130 to transport more than a dozen elderly Hurricane Rita evacuees back to Key West, Fla. Airman Sugg is an aeromedical technician attached to the North Carolina Air National Guard's 156th Aeromedical Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian E. Christiansen)

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Search and rescue missions underway

RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Senior Airman Ronald Arroyo watches an HH-60 helicopter descend after an operational winch check Saturday. Airman Arroyo is a crew chief assigned to the Air Force Reserve's 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jason Tudor)

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Search and rescue missions underway

RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Senior Airman Ronald Arroyo watches as a helicopter ascends with a 600-pound weight during an operational winch check Sept. 24. Airman Arroyo is a crew chief assigned to the Air Force Reserve's 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jason Tudor)

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Search and rescue missions underway

RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Senior Airman Ronald Arroyo attaches a 600-pound weight to the rescue cable of an HH-60 Pave Hawk for an operational test prior to its departure on a search and rescue mission over southern Texas Sept. 24. Airman Arroyo is a crew chief from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt Jack Braden.)

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Search and rescue missions underway

RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Senior Airman Ronald Arroyo awaits clearance to detach a 600-pound weight from the rescue cable of an HH-60 Pave Hawk after an operational test prior to its departure on a search and rescue mission over southern Texas Sept. 24. Airman Arroyo is a crew chief from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt Jack Braden.)

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Search and rescue missions underway

RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Senior Airman Ronald Arroyo attaches a 600-pound weight to the rescue cable of an HH-60 Pave Hawk for an operational test prior to its departure on a search and rescue mission over southern Texas Sept. 24. Airman Arroyo is a crew chief from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt Jack Braden.)

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Hurricane Rita damage

NEW ORLEANS - An Alaskan Shelter sits in pieces after Hurricane Rita moved inland. This was one of several tents at the Louis Armstrong News Orleans Airport that flooded or damaged by the storm. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Bryan Bouchard)

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Hurricane Rita damage

NEW ORLEANS - An Airman surveys damage Sept. 24 to an Air Force-built tent city constructed here for Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division. Nearly 600 Airmen hunkered down in the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport during the storm. There was only minor flooding at the Air Force camp where Airmen spent the days leading up to the arrival of Hurricane Rita fortifying the base with sandbags. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Bryan Bouchard)

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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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Rita reconnaissance returns

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Lt. Col. Bourke Milligan returns from a U-2 mission to take images before Hurricane Rita hit the Gulf Coast region. Federal Emergency Management Agency officials asked the 9th Reconnaissance Wing to take images over Louisiana and Texas to assess before Hurricane Rita hit the area. The wing's Airmen are standing by to conduct additional post-hurricane missions to help assess the damage and assist emergency responders. Colonel Milligan is a pilot with the 99th Reconnaissance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Rita reconnaissance returns

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A U-2 aircraft takes off from here to collect images over the Gulf Coast region Sept. 22. Federal Emergency Management Agency officials asked the 9th Reconnaissance Wing to take images over Louisiana and Texas to assess before Hurricane Rita hit the area. The wing's Airmen are standing by to conduct additional post-hurricane missions to help assess the damage and assist emergency responders. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Lackland Airmen take care of Rita evacuees

LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Airman Basic Paul Kenline serves up a hot meal here for Hurricane Rita evacuees. Naval air station evacuees from the Texas Gulf Coast came here to avoid Hurricane Rita. Airman Kenline is assigned to the 322nd Training Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Robbin Cresswell)

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Lackland Airmen take care of Rita evacuees

LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Naval air station evacuees from the Texas Gulf Coast eat a hot meal at the 326th Basic Military Training Squadron here. Lackland Airmen are helping military members and their families and pets in wake of Hurricane Rita. The evacuees are from Texas naval air stations located in Ingleside, Kingsville and Corpus Christi. (U.S. Air Force photo by Robbin Cresswell)

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Lackland Airmen take care of Rita evacuees

LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Airmen prepare an empty recruit house here for evacuees of Hurricane Rita. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alan Boedeker)

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Lackland Airmen take care of Rita evacuees

LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Master Sgt. Ezekiel Vaughns examines the identification card of a Hurricane Rita evacuee here. Lackland Airmen are helping military members and their families and pets in wake of Hurricane Rita. The evacuees are from Texas naval air stations located in Ingleside, Kingsville and Corpus Christi. Sergeant Vaughns is assigned to the 37th Civil Engineer Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Robbin Cresswell)

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ROVERs aid in search and rescue

NEW ORLEANS -- An unmanned aerial vehicle, mounted on a pole, uses its remote operations video enhanced receiver, or ROVER, to help find survivors of Hurricane Katrina here and support relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James Wiger)

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ROVERs aid in search and rescue

NEW ORLEANS -- An unmanned aerial vehicle, mounted on a pole, uses its remote operations video enhanced receiver, or ROVER, to help find survivors of Hurricane Katrina here and support relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James Wiger)

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