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Total-force crews support Operation Unified Response in Haiti

A 317th Airlift Squadron Reserve flight crew from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., fly more than 80,000 pounds of cargo to Haiti on a C-17 Globemaster III in support of Operation Unified Response during the early morning hours of Jan. 22, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Steve Staedler)

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Transition to return tower to Haitian controllers begins

Nadia Adma observes tower operations from Tech. Sgt. Robert Stewart (left) and Tech. Sgt. Jerry Scurlock (right) Feb. 2, 2010, at the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Haitian controllers will observe the Air Force controllers for two weeks and then the Haitian controllers will run the tower with the Air Force as advisers until they feel comfortable taking over flight responsibilities. Ms. Adma is a Haitian air traffic controller. Sergeants Stewart is assigned to the 260th Air Traffic Control Squadron. Sergeant Scurlock is assigned to the 258th ATCS. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Larry W. Carpenter Jr.)

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Transition to return tower to Haitian controllers begins

Reginald Bailey receives familiarization instruction from Air Force air traffic controllers in the mobile tower Feb. 1, 2010, at the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The transition is currently taking place to hand over the tower and all flight operations responsibilities over to the Haitians. Mr. Bailey is a Haitian air traffic controller. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Larry W. Carpenter Jr.)

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Transporting precious cargo worldwide

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Col. Guillermo Tellez, 35th Medical Group commander, says goodbye to Mr. Maurer Bruno, Swiss Search and Rescue and Nurse Karin Stegemann, prior to the medical evacuation Mar. 21. Bruno was helping out for ten days with the recovery efforts in northern Japan prior to his emergency surgery at the Hachinohe Medical Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla\Released)

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Transporting precious cargo worldwide

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Nurses from Switzerland's Air-Ambulance assists with the transfer of Maurer Bruno from the vehicle to the plane after his emergency surgery at the Hachinohe Medical Center. Bruno was helping out for ten days with the recovery efforts in northern Japan prior to his emergency surgery at the Hachinohe Medical Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla\Released)

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Transporting precious cargo worldwide

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 35th Security forces escort a Hachinohe ambulance onto the base flightline Mar. 21 to allow the transport of Maurer Bruno, a volunteer Swiss Disaster Dog Association member, back to Switzerland. Bruno was helping out for ten days with the recovery efforts in northern Japan prior to his emergency surgery at the Hachinohe Medical Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla\Released)

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Transporting precious cargo worldwide

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Maurer Bruno, a Swiss Disaster Dog Association volunteer, waits patiently to board the plane to Switzerland, after his emergency surgery at the Hachinohe Medical Center on Mar. 21. Bruno was helping out for ten days with the recovery efforts in northern Japan prior to his emergency surgery at the Hachinohe Medical Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. April Quintanilla\Released)

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Travis AFB volunteers aid Operation Pacific Passage

Master Sgt. Brian Leclair tries to cheer up Ariana Payne March 28, 2011, at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. Payne and her mother arrived here following the March 11 natural disasters in Japan. In support of Operation Pacific Passage, Travis AFB members assisted more than 2,600 military dependents as they voluntarily relocated to the U.S. Leclair is assigned to the 60th Air Mobility Wing's Inspector General's Office. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ken Wright)

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Travis AFB volunteers aid Operation Pacific Passage

First Lt. Fawn Jones plays with a baby March 28, 2011, at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. The child and her mother arrived here following the March 11 natural disasters in Japan. In support of Operation Pacific Passage, Travis AFB members assisted more than 2,600 military dependents as they voluntarily relocated to the U.S. Jones is a social worker assigned to the 60th Medical Group. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ken Wright)

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Trying to recover

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Staff Sgt. Jerome Adams rests while helping his friend and coworker Tech. Sgt. Brad Godwin recover items left undamaged by Hurricane Katrina at his base house here. The two sergeants are weather technical school instructors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Efrain Gonzalez)

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Trying to recover

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- The storm surge cause by Hurricane Katrina rose to well over six feet in some of the more harder hit areas of Keesler's base housing. Servicemembers and their families have slowly begun recovering their possessions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Efrain Gonzalez)

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Trying to recover

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Beth Wilson takes a break while helping Staff Sgt. Shawn Mitchell and his wife recover whatever possessions were left undamaged by Hurricane Katrina's massive storm surge. Sergeant Mitchell and family members made the four-hour drive here from Alabama where they had taken refuge. Sergeant Mitchell is a telephone maintenance specialist with the 81st Communications Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Efrain Gonzalez)

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Trying to recover

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Staff Sgt. Shawn Mitchell recovers whatever he can from his home after it was damaged by Hurricane Katrina's massive storm surge. He and family members made the four-hour drive here from Alabama where they had taken refuge. Sergeant Mitchell is a telephone maintenance specialist with the 81st Communications Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Efrain Gonzalez)

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Turn of the screw

Staff Sgt. Adam Snider conducts post flight maintenance on an RQ-1 Predator at the Rafael Hernandez Airport outside Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Jan. 27, 2010. He is a crew chief with the 432nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. The RQ-1s are operating out of Puerto Rico in support of Operation Unified Response in Haiti. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.)

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Tyndall Airmen deploy to support Haitian relief efforts

Maj. Jim Gallagher (left) and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Chris Arnett examine Blue Force Tracking devices in preparation for Commander Arnett's deployment in support of Haitian earthquake relief efforts Jan. 13, 2010, at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Typhoon Nari heads for Okinawa

Tech. Sgt. Tonya Trythall shows Capt. Nelson Tirado the storm path of Typhoon Nari path Sept. 14 at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Base members prepared for the typhoon by moving jets and equipment from the flightline into protective aircraft shelters and evacuated many aircraft to locations throughout the Pacific. The typhoon is scheduled to hit the island the evening of Sept. 14 with 45 knot winds gusting to 65 knots. Sergeant Trythall is assigned to the 18th Operations Support Squadron Weather Flight and Captain Tirado is an aircraft commander with the 82nd Reconnaissance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Junko Kinjo)

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Typhoon Nari heads for Okinawa

Airmen tow an F-15 Eagle from the flightline into a protective aircraft shelter during preparation for Typhoon Nari Sept. 14 at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Base members prepared for the typhoon by moving jets and equipment from the flightline into protective aircraft shelters and evacuated many aircraft to locations throughout the Pacific. The typhoon is scheduled to hit the island the evening of Sept. 14 with 45 knot winds gusting to 65 knots. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Darnell T. Cannady)

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Typhoon Nari heads for Okinawa

Soldiers from the 1-1 Air Defense Artillery Battalion hose down all their heavy equipment before they park them into a hangar to weather Typhoon Nari Sept. 14 at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The typhoon is scheduled to hit the island the evening of Sept. 14 with 45 knot winds gusting to 65 knots. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Kelly Timney)

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Typhoon Nari heads for Okinawa

Members from the 33rd Rescue Squadron prep a HH-60 Pave Hawk for bed down during Typhoon Nari preparation Sept. 14 at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Base members prepared for the typhoon by moving jets and equipment from the flightline into protective aircraft shelters and evacuated many aircraft to locations throughout the Pacific. The typhoon is scheduled to hit the island the evening of Sept. 14 with 45 knot winds gusting to 65 knots. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Kelly Timney)

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Typhoon Nari heads for Okinawa

Senior Airman Robert Shannon secures the back door of the 18th Communications Squadron building with duct tape to prevent leakage into the building in preparation for Typhoon Nari Sept. 14 at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Base members prepared for the typhoon by moving jets and equipment from the flightline into protective aircraft shelters and evacuated many aircraft to locations throughout the Pacific. The typhoon is scheduled to hit the island the evening of Sept. 14 with 45 knot winds gusting to 65 knots. Airman Shannon is assigned to the 18th CS. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chrissy FitzGerald)

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