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U.S. Air Force airmen wait to load patients onto a C-130E aircraft at Corpus Christi International Airport in Texas, Sept. 11, 2008, during an evacuation prior to Hurricane Ike. U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft and crews are tasked routinely to evacuate possible natural disaster victims to safer locations.

U.S. Air Force airmen wait to load patients onto a C-130E aircraft at Corpus Christi International Airport in Texas, Sept. 11, 2008, during an evacuation prior to Hurricane Ike. U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft and crews are tasked routinely to evacuate possible natural disaster victims to safer locations.

U.S. Air Force airmen wait to load patients onto a C-130E aircraft at Corpus Christi International Airport in Texas, Sept. 11, 2008, during an evacuation prior to Hurricane Ike. U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft and crews are tasked routinely to evacuate possible natural disaster victims to safer locations.

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