Airmen from the 89th Aerial Port Squadron load pallets onto a C-17 Globemaster III, March 12, 2011, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. Air transportation airmen from the 89th APS created 14 pallets of technical search and rescue gear, to include inflatable swift-water rescue boats, generators, trench rescue and cutting equipment. The gear was being transported by C-17 to more than 80 Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue technicians, to provide assistance in the rescue effort for Operation Tomodachi after an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, March 11, 2011. ( Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Perry A

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Airmen from the 89th Aerial Port Squadron load pallets onto a C-17 Globemaster III, March 12, 2011, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. Air transportation airmen from the 89th APS created 14 pallets of technical search and rescue gear, to include inflatable swift-water rescue boats, generators, trench rescue and cutting equipment. The gear was being transported by C-17 to more than 80 Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue technicians, to provide assistance in the rescue effort for Operation Tomodachi after an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, March 11, 2011. ( Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Perry Aston)

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