Homestead Air Force Base offers respite for Haiti earthquake victims

Maj. Sir Rodney, 482nd Medical Squadron nurse, shapes a splint for an evacuee from Haiti Jan. 20 at Homestead Air Reserve Base. The Air Force is using C-130 Hercules aircraft to evacuate people from Haiti following the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated the country. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Brian Behart)

A helping hand

An Air Force Reservist from the 482nd Fighter Wing, gives a drink to a young girl recently transported from Haiti. The girl and her family are being in-processed on base. Hundreds of evacuees have been in-processed so far and thousands more are expected. (Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Chance Babin)

The young and the old

HOMESTEAD AIR RESERVE BASE, Fla. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents help and elderly Haitian lady and a baby from a C-130 aircraft assigned to the Minnesota Air National Guard. All personnel brought to Homestead ARB from Haiti must go through a Customs and Border Protection enforcement examimantion. (Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Chance Babin)

Reservist's load supplies for Haiti relief

Tech. Sgt. Valerie McFadden, a reserve Aerial Port Specialist from the 46th Aerial Port Squadron at Dover Air Force Base, DE., is here at Homestead Air Reserve Base to provide essential support to the 70th Aerial Port Squadron for Haiti Relief. Seargent McFadden is building Pallets of water that will be loaded on to aircraft and sent to Haiti. (Air Force Photo/ Master Sgt. Chance Babin)

Team Charleston provides Haitian Relief

Tech. Sgt. Jeff Kelly, 315th AW Public Affairs discusses the mission with Air Force medical personnel on the ground in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Air Force medical personnel are working around the clock to help injured survivors of the earthquake. (U.S. Air Force photo/Major Bill Walsh)

Team Charleston provides Haitian Relief

A reporter from WIS News 10, Columbia, S.C. observes the offload of humanitarian relief supplies from a C-17 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Supplies are being flown into the earthquake ravaged country around the clock by members of Team Charleston. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeff Kelly)

Team Charleston provides Haitian Relief

Humanitarian aid supplies are loaded onto a Charleston based C-17 by members of Team Charleston at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. Water, food and other comfort items are being delivered to the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince daily. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeff Kelly)

Homestead Air Reserve Base becomes hub for Haitian quake relief efforts

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano greets Homestead Air Reserve Base Fire and Rescue crew during the Vice-Presidential visit January 16, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Ian Carrier)

Homestead Air Reserve Base becomes hub for Haitian quake relief efforts

People of all ages have been affected by the devastation accompanied by the Earthquake in Haiti. Men, women, and children have been evacuated to the Homestead Air Reserve Base in order to process through customs, after providing proper citizenship documentation they are escorted home. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Robert D. Gibson)

Homestead Air Reserve Base becomes hub for Haitian quake relief efforts

A firestorm of media descended upon Homestead Air Reserve Base after American citizens returned from Haiti aboard a C-130 Jan. 15, 2010. During a Customs and Border check, media documented the varied stories of survival. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Robert D. Gibson)

Reservists respond to Haitian earthquake relief effort

Staff Sgt Johann Gomez of the 48nd Fighter Wing Civil Engineering Squadron helps assist American survivors of the Haiti earthquake into the Homestead Air Reserve Base gymnasium Fri. Jan. 15, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Lou Burton)

Team Charleston lends a helping hand

Pallets full of water, food and other humanitarian relief supplies are offloaded from a C-17 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Supplies are being flown into the earthquake ravaged country around the clock by members of Team Charleston. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Jeff Kelly)