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Operation United Assistance

A group of 30 U.S. military personnel, including Marines, Airmen, and Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), board a C-17 Globemaster III Oct. 19, 2014, at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal. The service members are bound for Monrovia, Liberia, where U.S. troops will construct medical treatment units and train health care workers as part of Operation United Assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development-led, whole-of-government effort to respond to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Maj. Dale Greer)

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Operation United Assistance

Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group offload cargo pallets from a C-17 Globemaster III, Oct. 18, 2014, as part of ramp operations at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, in support of Operation United Assistance. The Airmen are operating an intermediate staging base in Dakar to funnel humanitarian aid and military support cargo into affected areas, working in concert with Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 689th Rapid Port Opening Element to staff a Joint Task Force-Port Opening as part of the U.S. Agency for International Development-led, whole-of-government effort to respond to the Ebola outbreak. The C-17 is assigned to Travis Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Maj. Dale Greer)

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Operation United Assistance

Master Sgt. Michael Skeens coordinates air movement from a mobile airfield operations center Oct. 18, 2014, at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal. Skeens and more than 70 other Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group are operating a cargo hub in Senegal to funnel humanitarian supplies and military support equipment into West Africa as part of Operation United Assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development-led, whole-of-government effort to respond to the Ebola outbreak. Skeens is a command post controller for Joint Task Force-Port Opening Senegal. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Maj. Dale Greer)

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Operation United Assistance

Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group set up a mobile airfield operations center Oct. 17, 2014, at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal. The operations are in support of Operation United Assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development-led, whole-of-government effort to respond to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The Airmen are operating an intermediate staging base in Dakar to funnel humanitarian aid into affected areas, working in concert with Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 689th Rapid Port Opening Element to staff a Joint Task Force-Port Opening. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Maj. Dale Greer)

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Airman 1st Class Kyle Rogers goes through decontamination procedures during an Air Combat Command Joint Aircrew Flight Equipment evaluation testing Oct. 14, 2014, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. Representatives from several bases were on hand to test current and future flight equipment for every aircraft in the Air Force inventory. Rogers is an aircrew flight equipment specialist assigned to the 355th Operations Support Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Brittain Crolley)

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Airman 1st Class Kyle Rogers, left, an Aircrew Flight Equipment specialist assigned to the 355th Operations Support Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., is sprayed with a chemical agent by Miguel Vigil, an employee of Hazmat Training Consulting LLC, during an Air Combat Command Joint Aircrew Flight Equipment evaluation testing Oct. 14, 2014, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. Representatives from several bases were on hand to test current and future flight equipment for every aircraft in the Air Force inventory, including the newest fighter, the military's F-35 Lightning II. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Brittain Crolley)

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Senior Master Sgt. Elizabeth Gilbert

Members from the 149th Fighter Wing of the Texas Air National Guard, along with the other countries participating in Salitre 2014, visit the children’s ward at the Leonardo Guzman Regional Hospital,Oct. 11, 2014, in Antofagasta, Chile, to distribute gifts and bring a few moments of joy to the hospitalized children. Salitre is a Chilean-led exercise where the U.S., Chile, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, focus on increasing interoperability between allied nations. (Air National Guard photo/Senior Master Sgt. Elizabeth Gilbert)

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Master Sgt. John McCoy poses for a photo Oct. 10, 2014, on Minot Air Force Base, N.D. McCoy is a member of the last six Air Force EOD flights to come home and is a three-time bronze star recipient. He currently is the 5th Bomb Wing Explosive Ordinance Disposal flight chief. (U.S. Air Force graphic/Master Sgt. Charlene Spade)

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Operation United Assistance

Aerial porters from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group load a pallet of red blood cells and frozen plasma onto a C-130 Hercules Oct. 10, 2014, at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal. The aerial porters are part of Joint Task Force-Port Opening Sengal, an air cargo hub that’s funneling humanitarian supplies and equipment into West Africa in support of Operation United Assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development-led, whole-of-government effort to respond to the Ebola outbreak there. The C-130 was from Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Maj. Dale Greer)

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Maj Clara Batiste, a certified registered nurses assistant, Capt Michael Tiger, an anesthesiologist, and Maj Jonathan Forbes, neurosurgeon with the 455th Expeditionary Medical Operations Squadron, prepare a patient for brain surgery Oct. 10, 2014, at the Craig Joint Theater Hospital, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Forbes removed an 8 centimeter tumor from the patient’s brain. Batiste is deployed from Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Forbes and Tiger are deployed from Travis Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Miguel Lara III)

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Ramstein launches first C-130J flight to assist Ebola outbreak efforts

Capt. Brian Shea and Capt. Joe Eastman prepare to fly the first mission from the 37th Airlift Squadron into Liberia, to assist with Operation United Assistance Oct. 7, 2014, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. As the Ebola outbreak becomes a potential global threat, U.S. Africa Command is working in support of the U.S. Agency for International Development, the lead federal agency, as part of a comprehensive U.S. government effort to respond to and contain the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa as quickly as possible. This was the first C-130J Super Hercules flight launched from Ramstein to Monrovia, Liberia in support of OUA. Shea and Eastman are pilots with the 37th AS. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sara Keller)

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Ramstein launches first C-130J flight to assist Ebola outbreak efforts

Cargo is loaded onto the ramp of a C-130-J Super Hercules, Oct. 7, 2014, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. As the Ebola outbreak becomes a potential global threat, U.S. Africa Command is working in support of the U.S. Agency for International Development, the lead federal agency, as part of a comprehensive U.S. government effort to respond to and contain the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa as quickly as possible. This was the first flight launched from Ramstein AB to Monrovia, Liberia in support of Operation United Assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sara Keller)

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Ramstein launches first C-130J flight to assist Ebola outbreak efforts

Senior Airman Christian McDevitt leads a cargo loader to a C-130-J Super Hercules prior to a mission in support of the Ebola virus epidemic, Oct. 7, 2014, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. As the Ebola outbreak becomes a potential global threat, U.S. Africa Command is working in support of the U.S. Agency for International Development, the lead federal agency, as part of a comprehensive U.S. government effort to respond to and contain the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa as quickly as possible. This was the first C-130J flight launched from Ramstein AB to Monrovia, Liberia in support of Operation United Assistance. McDevitt is a load master with the 37th Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sara Keller)

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Capt. Stephen Grace stands by his locker in the 79th FS locker room Oct. 3, 2014, at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. Grace, an Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo., graduate, attributes his ongoing success in the Air Force to his competitiveness developed from his swimming career. Grace is a 79th Fighter Squadron fighter pilot. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jonathan Bass)

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The Tin City Long Range Radar Site, Alaska, as seen Oct. 1, 2014, sits on top of the highest peak of a mountain range in the region. The Tin City LRRS, along with 14 additional radar sites across the rugged terrain of Alaska, scans the airspace above 24 hours a day, 365 days per year, searching for potential threats. Together with the men and women of the Pacific Air Forces Regional Support Center at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, this team protects the nation’s northern and western borders. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Anastasia Wasem)

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Maj. Erick Brough watches as a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft performs an assault landing, Oct. 1, 2014, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. Brough is monitoring the aircraft through Assault Landing Zone cameras that were recently installed on the flight line. Before the cameras were implemented, a qualified instructor had to stay close by the runway to track where each aircraft touched down. Brough is the 58th Airlift Squadron C-17 training system flight commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Levin Boland)

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A Royal Canadian Air Force C-130 Hercules comes in on final approach to Thule during Operation Boxtop Sept. 30. The aircraft carried cargo to resupply Canadian Forces Station Alert and Eureka Research Station during the bi-annual operation mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Brumbaugh)

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Tech. Sgt. Joseph Sievert, air traffic controller for the 821st Support Squadron, watches for inbound aircraft while working the local control position at Thule AB Sept. 30. The aircraft were carrying cargo to resupply Canadian Forces Station Alert and Eureka Research Station to get them through the harsh winter as a part of Operation Boxtop. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Brumbaugh)

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Tech. Sgt. Greylynn Carr, air traffic controller with the 821st Support Squadron, assists incoming aircraft while working Radar Approach Control at Thule AB Sept. 30. The aircraft carried cargo to resupply Canadian Forces Station Alert and Eureka Research Station to get them through the harsh winter. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Brumbaugh)

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Royal Canadian Air Force maintainers prepare to fill a fuel bladder inside a C-130 Globemaster III aircraft for delivery to Canadian Forces Station Alert Sept. 30. The resupply of CFS Alert was part of Operation Boxtop, a bi-annual mission to resupply Canadian outposts to assist them in sustaining the harsh Arctic winters. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Brumbaugh)

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