Refuge from the storm

050902-F-5515J-002 Volunteers from Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., shuttle a patient who arrived there on a C-141 assigned to Air Force Reserve Commands 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. About 100 patients were airlifted to Dobbins for transportation to hospitals in Atlanta, one of 17 cities in the country taking 2,500 Hurricane Katrina victims. At Dobbins, the patients went to the 80th Aerial Port Squadron building where Veterans Administration medical people assessed their conditions before they were transported by ambulance to one of 38 Atlanta hospitals. (U.S. Air Force photo by Bo Joyner)

Hurricane Katrina Evacuation

050901-F-3742P-003 Lt. Col. Martha (Marty) Soper from 22nd Air Force gives direction to volunteers offloading critically injured patients evacuated from New Orleans as a result of Hurricane Katrina. The patients were sent to Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., Sept. 1 where they were stabilized and transported to Atlanta hospitals. (U.S. Air Force photo by Donald Peek)

Air Force reservists volunteer for ship duty

Air Force reservists volunteer for ship duty 050813-F-6504N-001 Staff Sgt. Robert Brown, an Air Force reservist with the 624th Civil Engineer Squadron, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, prepares to drill out a deck plug on the teakwood deck of the USS Missouri. More than 100,000 deck plugs have been replaced since restoration of the Iowa-class battleship began in 1998. Sergeant Brown is one of many members of Air Force Reserve Commands 624th Regional Support Group, who have volunteered their time this summer to help restore the historic battleship docked at Ford Island, Oahu. Restoration efforts on the ship, popularly known as the "Mighty Mo," stepped up recently in anticipation of celebrations scheduled for Sept. 2, commemorating the 60th anniversary of its role as the site of Japan's unconditional surrender to Allied Forces, which ended World War II. Volunteer work on the USS Missouri is part of the 624th RSGs ongoing community outreach program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Daniel Nathaniel)

Kevin Klefsaas

050805-F-6728S-009 Staff Sgt. Kevin Klefsaas checks the identification card of Senior Airman Tom Flermoen. The sergeant nabbed two intruders at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Air Reserve Station, Minn., July 23. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Nicolette Shegstad)

Gettin' Connected

050621F-5927B-001 Airman First Class Jeffrey Hill, an Air Force reservist from the 439th Communications Squadron, Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., sets up a junction box that connects an existing phone line into a basic access module June 21 during Jump Start, a training exercise at Duke Field, Fla. The exercise is being conducted in two-week cycles from April 23-July 23. Members of 15 Air Force Reserve Command units are being trained on new equipment their units have gained due to a change in their mission, part of what the Reserve calls "Comm Transformation." (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt Chance Babin)

Paris Air Show 2005 Kid

A young aviation enthusiast, Antoni Mazur of Poland, was invited to visit the U.S. Air Force's newsest airlifter the C-130J-30 June 16. Aircraft commander, Maj. Brian Freeman, 815th Airlift Squadron, described some of the new features in the J-model's "glass" cockpit. Computers and Heads Up Displays on the most recent in the Hercules line help improve situational awarness for pilots.

Air Force rescues top 4,000 mark

NEW ORLEANS -- Yasmine Lee Johnson clings to her husband, Clarence, as they are flown to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to join other evacuees being rescued from the flood waters of Hurricane Katrina's devastating aftermath. The helicopter and crew are with the 347th Expeditionary Rescue Group operating out of Jackson, Miss. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Efrain Gonzalez)

Hoist rescue

NEW ORLEANS -- Tech. Sgt. Lem Torres surveys houses Sept. 2 looking for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Sergeant Torres is a pararescueman in the 38th Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez)

Rescue operations

NEW ORLEANS -- With a combined force of 26 helicopters and about 400 people, pararescue teams composed of reservists and active duty Airmen are flying 8- to 10-hour missions over New Orleans' flooded city to save lives. Rescuing more than 2,000 people in five days, the pararescue teams locate and retrieve the residents, drop them off at a collection point, and then circle around again looking for more. (Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Bill Huntington)

Rescue operations

NEW ORLEANS -- Trained to rescue downed pilots and military troops in combat behind enemy lines, the Air Force's rescue teams are a very small community of highly elite professionals. Flying missions into the flooded city of New Orleans, the rescue forces are working around the clock and have saved more than 2,000 people in five days. (Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Bill Huntington)