Lt. Col. Jeffrey Starr goes through pre-flight procedures Sept. 12 before taking off from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., for Beaumont, Texas. Medical patients were being transported from Beaumont to Lackland AFB in San Antonio 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)