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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Apen Phillips, Tech. Sgt Angela Burton and Senior Airman Melinda Ford unload medical equipment from a C-130 after a combined effort from the 61st Air Wing C-130 aircraft and crews Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., and the 908th Aero medical Evacuation Squadron Scott Air Force Base, Ill., to transport medical patients from Beaumont, Texas, to Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, in preparation for Hurricane Ike's landfall in southern Texas, Sept. 12, 2008.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Apen Phillips, Tech. Sgt Angela Burton and Senior Airman Melinda Ford unload medical equipment from a C-130 after a combined effort from the 61st Air Wing C-130 aircraft and crews Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., and the 908th Aero medical Evacuation Squadron Scott Air Force Base, Ill., to transport medical patients from Beaumont, Texas, to Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, in preparation for Hurricane Ike's landfall in southern Texas, Sept. 12, 2008.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Apen Phillips, Tech. Sgt Angela Burton and Senior Airman Melinda Ford unload medical equipment from a C-130 after a combined effort from the 61st Air Wing C-130 aircraft and crews Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., and the 908th Aero medical Evacuation Squadron Scott Air Force Base, Ill., to transport medical patients from Beaumont, Texas, to Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, in preparation for Hurricane Ike's landfall in southern Texas, Sept. 12, 2008.

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