Homestead helps launch disaster relief into Haiti

Reservists from the 70th Aerial Port Squadron load equipment for the South Florida Urban Search and Rescue FL-TF 2 Team for deployment to Haiti on a U.S Coast Guard C-130 on Jan. 14, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ian Carrier)

Ohio reservists complete aerial spray mission in Louisiana

Majs. Mark Breidenbaugh (left) and Karl Haagsma, medical entomologists with Air Force Reserve Command's 910th Airlift Wing, Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, discuss areas to be aerial sprayed over Terrebonne Parish, La. Their duties include identifying pests and areas to be aerial sprayed, prescribing correct treatment rates and flying on spray missions to ensure proper pesticide application. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Brent J. Davis)

Hurricane Wilma

HOMESTEAD AIR RESERVE BASE, Fla. -- Master Sgt. Dave Delgado (left) directs a K-loader operator as he unloads 26,000 pounds of prepackaged meals from a C-5 Galaxy here. Sergeant Delgado, a loadmaster assigned to the 433rd Airlift Wing, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, participated in the humanitarian relief effort Oct. 27. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey)

Wilma relief

HOMESTEAD AIR RESERVE BASE, Fla. (AFPN) -- Refueling specialists from the 482d Fighter Wing have refueled more than 200 tractor trailers engaged in Federal Emergency Management Agency Hurricane Wilma relief operations. Their operation began Oct. 20. U.S. Air Force photo by Lisa M. Macias)

Wilma relief

HOMESTEAD AIR RESERVE BASE, Fla. (AFPN) -- Trucks began arriving here to pre-position water, military rations, ice and tarps for the post-hurricane relief effort. The trucks, which began arriving Oct. 20, have delivered supplies from Key West to northern Miami-Dade County since the storm passed. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lisa M. Macias).

Earthquake relief

Islamabad, Pakistan -- Airman prepare to unload cargo here as part of the Pakistan earthquake relief effort. The earthquake has killed an estimated 40,000 people and has left thousands more injured in Afganistan, Pakistan, India, and the Kashmir region.(USAF photo by Airman 1st Class De-Juan Haley)(Released)

Hurricane Katrina

Another life was saved from the wrath of Katrina thanks to the concern of Senior Master Sgt. Cheryl King, Air Force reservist and maintenance superintendent with the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Sergeant King received a request to locate someone unaccounted for in New Orleans and passed the information on the 920th RQW. Here she talks with Master Sgt. Michael Bradford, avionics guidance and control specialist, also with the 920th about an upcoming mission. Sergeant King, originally from Pennsylvania, has been at Patrick since 1993 and works full time for the FAA as a safety inspector. In the background is avionics communications-navigation specialist Master Sgt. Tom Trommater working on a communications problem. (Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Elaine Mayo)

Hurricane Katrina

Maj. Tim Pfeifer, an Air Force reservist with the 920th Rescue Wing and commercial pilot with American Airlines, prepares his HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter for another search for survivors in New Orleans Sept. 10. Based out of Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., Major Pfeifer's crew is part of a Total Force team of AIr Force Reserve, Guard and active duty Airmen, who have saved more than 4,200 people. (Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Elaine Mayo)

Hurricane Katrina

Tech. Sgt. Fred Zobrist, a flight engineer with Air Force Reserve Commands 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., moves a panel on an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter to service its engine before launching a hurricane search-and-rescue mission from Jackson, Miss. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Bill Huntington)

Hurricane Katrina

050905-F-7441T-2431 Members of the 934th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron lift a litter into a truck before leaving Kelly Field, Texas, on a mission. The Airmen from the 934th made up an aeromedical evacuation team that flew from Texas to New Orleans, later dropping patients off at locations around the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jason Tudor)

Hurricane Katrina

Tech. Sgt. Keith Berry, an Air Force Reserve Command pararescueman from the 304th Rescue Squadron in Portland, Ore., checks for overhanging tree limbs near his HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter as it returns to the skies over southern Mississippi after checking on Hurricane Katrina survivors. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Bill Huntington

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

050901-F-0000T-003 A C-141 aircraft from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, taxies out early Sept. 1 on an aeromedical evacuation flight in support of Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Reservists from Air Force Reserve Commands 445th Airlift Wing provided inflight care for patients airlifted from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, La., to Dallas. From Dallas, the plane was to fly to Lackland AFB, Texas, before returning to Wright-Patterson. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Maj. Ted Theopolos)

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)

Spray 'em out

NEW ORLEANS -- A U.S. Air Force Reserve C-130 Hercules from the 910th Airlift Wing at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, sprays Dibrom, a pesticide approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, over the city Sept. 13. The C-130 crew plans to spray the New Orleans area first, then other affected Gulf Coast areas as required. Crews will target are primarily mosquitoes and filth flies, which are capable of transmitting diseases such as Malaria, West Nile virus, and various types of Encephalitis. The C-130 is capable of spraying about 60,000 acres per day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey)

Reserve family faces uncertainties after hurricane

SMYRNA, Ga. -- Senior Master Sgt. David Hufton, his wife, Robin, their two sons, Dawson, 2, and Iain, 5 months, and their dog, Angus, live at a hotel here close to Dobbins Air Reserve Base. Sergeant Hufton is an intelligence analyst with the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., and had only been in his house in Ocean Springs, Miss., less than a month when it was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. (U.S. Air Force photo by Bo Joyner)

Reserve family faces uncertainties after hurricane

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. -- Hurricane Katrina ripped away brick and sheetrock from the first floor of the Senior Master Sgt. David Hufton's home here but left the second floor seemingly unscathed. He and his family had not even lived in the house for a month before it was destroyed by the hurricane. The intelligence analyst with the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., is staying with his family at a hotel near Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. David Hufton)

View from a hoist

NEW ORLEANS -- Scanning for signs of survivors, Tech. Sgt. Andrew Canfield keeps a close watch as the sun sets on the flooded city of New Orleans. Sergeant Canfield is a Reserve pararescueman working with a team of reservists and active duty Airmen conducting rescue missions across New Orleans. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Bill Huntington)

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)

AF File Photo

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. -- Chief Master Sgt. Mike Harper (left) and Tech. Sgt. Daniel Barrera carry a patient onto an Air Force Reserve Command C-130 Hercules here Aug. 31. Sixty-two patients, all from the Air Force Village in Gulfport, Miss., arrived here by bus and stayed in the base gym. The patients were moved Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Chief Harper is a 908th Airlift Wing loadmaster, and Sergeant Barrera is assigned to the 42nd Aeromedical Dental Operations Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Carl Bergquist)