U.S. Airmen Provide Aid for Pakistani Flood Victims

Department of Defense Photo Essay

  • U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Christian Ruhe and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Manuel Chacon guide Javed Iqbal, Peshawar International Airport ramp supervisor, as he backs a pallet of halal meals out of a C-17 aircraft, Aug. 2, 2010. Ruhe and Chacon, loadmasters assigned to the 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at the Manas, Kyrgyzstan, transit center, helped deliver the meals to support humanitarian flood relief assistance to northwest Pakistan, an area hit hard by monsoon rains in recent days. U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Chris Sukach
  • U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Cheryl Flemming instructs a pallet-building team how to prepare a cargo net for placement over a completed pallet to ensure its contents don’t shift during flight on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug 2, 2010. Flemming is assigned to the 455th Aerial Port Squadron Air Terminal Operations Center quality and control. U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Chris Sukach
  • U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgts. Gregory Boshears and Kevin Paridee load a pallet of halal meals onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft to transport to the flood-stricken areas of northwest Pakistan, Aug 2, 2010. Boshears and Paridee are assigned to the 455th Aerial Port Squadron deployed from the 134th Logistics Readiness Squadron on McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tenn. U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Chris Sukach
  • U.S. Air Force airmen push pallets of halal meals onto a C-130H aircraft at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 1, 2010. The humanitarian aid meals, prepared according to Islamic tradition, will be delivered to Pakistan as part of a humanitarian relief mission. Monsoon floods brought on by torrential rains have devastated hundreds of thousands in Pakistan. The aircrew, assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, is part of an Air National Guard Unit deployed from Peoria, Ill. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Boitz
  • U.S. Air Force members fly halal meals to Pakistan as part of a humanitarian relief mission to assist more than 50,000 people, July 31, 2010. Halal meals are prepared according Islamic tradition. Floods in the region have displaced hundreds of thousands and killed hundreds.The aircrew, assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, is part of an Air National Guard Unit deployed from Peoria, Ill. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Boitz
  • The U.S. Air Force delivered approximately 50,000 halal meals overnight to Pakistan in support of the Government of Pakistan's flood relief efforts Aug. 1, 2010. U.S. aircrews aboard a U.S. Air Force C-130 and a C-17 transport aircraft flew into Pakistan Air Force Base Chaklala, Rawalpindi, and delivered the meals, in support of a request from Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority. Approximately 62,000 more halal meals from U.S. supply depots in the region are scheduled for delivery to Pakistan today via U.S. airlift, with more coming over the next few days. U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Patrick Ryder
  • Pakistani Air Force airmen help unload thousands of halal meals from a U.S. Air Force C-130H aircraft in Peshawar, Pakistan, Aug. 1, 2010. The meals, prepared according to Islamic law, will go to Pakistanis affected by the floods that have devastated the region. The C-130H is assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Boitz
  • Pakistani Air Force airmen help unload thousands of halal meals from a U.S. Air Force C-130H aircraft in Peshawar, Pakistan, Aug. 1, 2010. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Boitz
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jose Cornejo hands boxes of halal meals to Pakistanis after arriving at Peshawar, Pakistan, Aug. 1, 2010. The U.S. Air Force flew thousands of meals to Pakistan as part of a humanitarian relief mission to help flood victims. Cornejo is a loadmaster is assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Boitz
  • The U.S. Air Force delivered about 50,000 halal meals overnight to Pakistan Air Force Base Chaklala, Rawalpindi, to support the Pakistani government's flood relief efforts, Aug. 1, 2010. U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Brook Dewalt
  • U.S. Air Force Maj. James Swisher shows Hassan Zulfiquar, director of National Disaster Management Authority for Pakistan, the contents of a halal meal on Pakistan Air Force Base Chaklala, Rawalpindi, July 31, 2010. U.S. Air Force airmen delivered the meals in a C-130H assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Swisher is a representative of Office of Defense Representative of Pakistan. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Boitz