Pope Air Force Base, N.C. – Tech. Sgts. Michael Morris and Joshua Piper, 58th Airlift Squadron loadmasters, Altus AFB, Okla., prepare an Altus C-17 Globemaster III for the loading of Army vehicles and personnel en route to Port au Prince, Haiti, in support of Operation Unified Response. Altus has six aircraft flying sorties out of Pope AFB to support the humanitarian mission at Haiti. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amanda Bower)

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Pope Air Force Base, N.C. – Tech. Sgt. Joshua Piper, 58th Airlift Squadron, Altus AFB, Okla., guides an Army vehicle onto an Altus C-17 Globemaster III Jan.18. The C-17 transported Army vehicles and personnel to the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port au Prince, Haiti. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amanda Bower)

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Pope Air Force Base, N.C. – Guiding a forklift pushing a trailer, Tech. Sgt. Joshua Piper, 58th Airlift Squadron, Altus AFB, Okla., loads an Altus C-17 Globemaster III with Army vehicles and personnel heading to Haiti Jan.18. Ten Altus C-17 aircrew teams are conducting forward operations out of Pope AFB in support of Operation Unified Response, a humanitarian mission to provide relief to Haiti after being struck by an earthquake Jan. 12. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amanda Bower)

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Pope Air Force Base, N.C. – A C-17 Globemaster III from Altus AFB, Okla., is loaded with Army vehicles and personnel from Fort Bragg, N.C., Jan. 18. The 97th Air Mobility Wing committed six C-17s, staged out of Pope AFB, to support Operation Unified Response, a humanitarian mission to help Haiti. The island nation was struck by an earthquake Jan. 12. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amanda Bower)

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Port au Prince, Haiti – Piloting a C-17 Globemaster III, Lt. Col. Brian Ede, 58th Airlift Squadron commander, and Capt. John Damron, 58th AS, taxi onto the parking ramp at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Haiti Jan. 18. The C-17 from Altus AFB, Okla., delivered Army personnel and vehicles in support of Operation Unified Response. Haiti was struck by an earthquake Jan. 12. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amanda Bower)

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Port au Prince, Haiti – Airmen and Soldiers already on the ground at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Haiti assist in offloading vehicles from an Altus AFB, Okla., C-17 Globemaster III. Altus has six aircraft deployed to Pope AFB, N.C., in support of Operation Unified Response to help Haiti recover from an earthquake that struck Jan. 12. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amanda Bower)

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Port au Prince, Haiti – Parked at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port au Prince, Haiti, Tech. Sgt. Piper guides a humvee from Fort Bragg, N.C., out of an Altus AFB, Okla., C-17 Globemaster III Jan. 18. Altus has 10 aircrew teams and six aircraft deployed to Pope AFB, N.C., providing humanitarian relief to Haiti in support of Operation Unified Response. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amanda Bower)

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Port au Prince, Haiti – C-17 crew members from Altus AFB, Okla., help 54 Haitian evacuees get ready for takeoff from the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port au Prince, Haiti, Jan. 18. After the Altus C-17 Globemaster III offloaded all of its cargo at the airport, the earthquake victims were transported to the Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Fla., to meet connecting flights. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amanda Bower)

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Delivering hope, relief

Published Jan. 20, 2010