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)

Pakistan relief efforts

HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii -- Loadmasters Tech. Sgt. Mike Lopez, Senior Airman Marcial Cadena and Staff Sgt. Joe Nicholes, check a technical order before loading a CH-47 Chinook heavy lift helicopter onto their C-5 Galaxy here. The Airmen from the Air Force Reserve 433rd Airlift Wing, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, helped ferry 60 troops, four helicopters and support equipment to Pakistan to support earthquake relief operations Oct. 16. The Soldiers are from Company B, 214th Aviation Regiment of the 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment at nearby Wheeler Army Air Field. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)

EMERGENCY OFF-LOAD

050831-F-7835B-001 LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT, La. - Senior Airman Jonathan R. Ash and Tech. Sgt. Ava M. Swedock, 337th Airlift Squadron loadmasters, help a Federal Emergency Management Agency worker drive an emergency vehicle off a C-5 Galaxy Aug. 31. C-5s from Air Force Reserve Commands 439th Airlift Wing, Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., airlifted FEMA teams from California to Louisiana as part of Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andrew Biscoe)

Hurricane Dennis Relief

Hurricane Dennis Relief - Army Spc. Virgil Penrod approaches the ramp to load water on an outbound truck at Duke Field, Fla.. His unit is attached to the 927th Corps Support Battalion, Camp Blanding, Starke, Fla. The Florida National Guard unit is assisting with relief efforts for people in areas affected by Hurricane Dennis, which passed over the Florida Panhandle July 10. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sandie Henry)

Pakistan relief efforts

HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii -- Airmen and Soldiers load a CH-47 Chinook heavy lift helicopter onto a C-5 Galaxy here. Company B, 214th Aviation Regiment of the 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment at nearby Wheeler Army Air Field, received orders to deploy 60 troops, four helicopters and support equipment to Pakistan to support earthquake relief operations. A total force team here helped load the aircraft Oct. 16. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)

A PJ's night in New Orleans

OVER NEW ORLEANS -- Tech. Sgt. Keith Berry looks down into flooded streets searching for survivors. He is part of an Air Force Reserve team credited with saving more than 1,040 people in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He is a pararescueman with the 304th Rescue Squadron from Portland, Ore. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Bill Huntington)

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)