Airmen from the 37th Training Wing and 59th Medical Wing at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio unload hospital patients Sept. 12 evacuated from Beaumont, Texas. The patients were transported in C-130 Hercules aircraft by aircrews from Little Rock AFB and medical Airmen from the 908th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Scott AFB, Ill., in preparation for Hurricane Ike's landfall in southern Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chris Willis)