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  • Military medics and C-130 Hercules aircrew members from the Air Force Reserve's 302nd Airlift Wing finalize plans to transport evacuees during the early morning hours of Jan. 17 at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The C-130 aircrew, based at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., transported the injured Haitians to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where they received additional medical treatment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Brian McReynolds)

    Peterson-based AF Reservists join in Haiti relief efforts

    Two Air Force Reserve aircraft and aircrews assigned to the Colorado-based 302nd Airlift Wing received short-notice orders over the weekend to airlift evacuees out of Haiti and deliver needed supplies to the earthquake-stricken Caribbean nation.The C-130 Hercules aircraft were re-routed from previously planned missions to provide additional airlift
  • Maj. Don Schofield, Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve commander, guides an audience member in conducting the band during a performance Jan. 28, 2009. The band will begin another concert tour in southern Georgia and Florida on Jan. 28, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    Band performs winter concert tour

    The Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve begins its 10-day annual winter concert tour Jan. 28."Every year the concert band tours different places in southern Georgia and Florida," said Maj. Don Schofield, Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve commander.This year the band added three new cities - Statesboro and Jesup in Georgia and Gainesville, Fla. "We
  • Evacuees from Haiti begin the process of going through evacuation in-processing. Upon arriving at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., by aircraft, they are bussed to the gym for in-processing and later bussed off base to future destinations. (Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Chance Babin)

    Processing the evacuated

    As planes continue to leave Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., full of relief supplies bound for Haiti, a great number of planes return full of evacuees coming home to the United States. These people, many of them U.S. citizens or residents, must go through evacuation in-processing at Homestead ARB.Currently this process is taking place at the Sam
  • SOMEHWERE OVER THE CARIBBEAN SEA -- Air Force Reserve Staff Sgt. Michael Culp, a loadmaster assigned to the 773rd Airlift Squadron, fills out customs declaration forms as part of his duties aboard a C-130H Hercules tactical cargo transport aircraft on an airlift mission, January 17, in support of relief efforts in the aftermath of an earthquake that devastated Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. Sergeant Culp, one of two loadmasters responsible for payload on the aircraft, is among a 12-person crew, assigned to the 910th Airlift Wing, based out of Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, bound for Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras to pick up cargo in support of the massive international effort to aid the people of the stricken island nation. The 910th currently has three aircraft, crews of more than 30 personnel flying relief effort missions and a myriad of Citizen Airmen working at YARS to provide home station support to the crews. The 910th Airlift Wing stands ready to provide airlift capabilities to the massive humanitarian effort as long as needed by mission requirements.

    Youngstown Reservists move personnel, cargo to Haiti for relief effort

  • 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)

    Reservist's load supplies for Haiti relief

    When the call went out for volunteers to help with the Haitian relief effort at Homestead Air Reserve Base; a handful of Reserve aerial port specialist raised their hands. Aerial Ports are responsible for all management and movement of cargo and passengers transported in the military airlift system. In the case of a humanitarian disaster like the
  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Demian Abel, a pararescue jumper with the 66th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, scans the horizon for potential threats to his HH-60G Pave Hawk crew during a medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) mission, Jan. 10, 2010, over Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez/Released)

    Total-Force Airmen to the rescue in Afghanistan

    "Scramble, Scramble, Scramble!" U.S. Airmen from the 66th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron are in full sprint mode, a controlled chaos that feels like a mad dash at a Black Friday sale where video-game consoles are flying off the shelves for $1. It's a Category-A evacuation, which means a person is in need of urgent medical evacuation, or experiencing
  • Airman Joelle JeanJaque, Homestead Air Reserve Base Civil Engineer Squadron, helps American Citizens processing through Customs locate transportation from Homestead Air Reserve Base to their perspective homes by making phone calls on her personal cell phone. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sernior Airman Lou Burton)

    Homestead Air Reserve Base hub for Haitian quake relief

    Relief efforts are in full swing at Homestead Air Reserve Base in response to the disaster in Haiti. The massive humanitarian effort -- Operation Unified Response -- is a true joint operation. Almost as soon as news of the disaster broke, components of the Air Force, Army, Marines, Navy and Coast Guard began staging troops, equipment and supplies
  • 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)

    Reaching Out With Aid

    PORT-au-PRINCE, HAITI - The approach is much like flying into Baghdad or Balad. Pitch black darkness with night vision goggles and the adrenalin flowing. But this isn't Baghdad, even though it looks like a war zone when you hit the ground.Our C-17 was chock full of supplies from water to blankets and even a bulldozer to move debris out of the
  • 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)

    Dover Reserve crew delivers communications team, equipment to Haiti

    Airmen from Dover's 326th Airlift Squadron delivered the Joint Communications Support Element to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, aboard a C-17 during the early morning hours Jan. 16.On the way to Haiti, the Air Force Reserve aircrew stopped at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., to load up the JCSE personnel and equipment."We were prepared to do what we needed
  • Members of the 621st Contingency Response Wing step down a C-17 Globemaster III cargo hatch Jan. 14, 2010, at the Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport, Haiti. The 21 passengers and 44 tons of cargo were sent to Haiti on a 305th Air Mobility Wing C-17 from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., to support relief operations in response to a devastating earthquake in the area. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Denise Johnson)

    Reservists deliver total force team effort in Haiti

    Airmen from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., launched the first of several C-17 Globemaster IIIs Jan. 14 in support of relief operations following a massive earthquake in Haiti.The 21 passengers and six crewmembers represented four wings assigned to JB McGuire, signifying the symbiotic relationships shared by Regular and Reserve units on the
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