Air Force airmen load a Coast Guard transportable port security boat onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Naval Auxiliary Landing Field San Clemente, Calif., April 17, in support of Patriot Hook 2011. Patriot Hook is an annual Air Force Reserve Tanker Airlift Control Element exercise simulating a joint force response to a natural disaster in a forward deployed location. The exercise deploys three TALCE units and brings together units of the Air Force Reserve, Navy, Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies to practice cargo planning and handling procedures.

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