Air Force Senior Airman Alfer Thompson, 433 Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, secures an antenna to the roof of a Mobile Air Recovery Center at Naval Air Station North Island, March 16, 2012. Patriot Hook 2012 is an Air Force Reserve Command sponsored exercise that deploys Tanker/Airlift Control Elements to three locations and assembles units from the Air Force Reserve, Navy, Coast Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Border Patrol Search Trauma and Rescue, and other agencies to confirm the viability of coordinated, security, disaster and contingency response operations.

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Air Force Senior Airman Alfer Thompson, 433 Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, secures an antenna to the roof of a Mobile Air Recovery Center at Naval Air Station North Island, March 16, 2012. Patriot Hook 2012 is an Air Force Reserve Command sponsored exercise that deploys Tanker/Airlift Control Elements to three locations and assembles units from the Air Force Reserve, Navy, Coast Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Border Patrol Search Trauma and Rescue, and other agencies to confirm the viability of coordinated, security, disaster and contingency response operations.

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