Haiti air delivery mission
Staff Sgt. Kyle Anderson attaches a pilot chute anchor cable to the static line of a C-17 Globemaster III Jan. 21, 2010, Pope Air Force Base, Fayetteville, N.C. Sgt. Anderson is a loadmaster from the 43rd Operations Support Squadron and is conducting a joint air delivery inspection on humanitarian supply pallets before they are air dropped over Haiti for a relief mission. The C-17, from Charleston Air Force Base, Charleston S.C., will be conducting a humanitarian air delivery mission over Haiti. U.S. Southern Command is deploying assets to Haiti to conduct search and rescue operations, damage assessments, and transitions sustained Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief operations in order to prevent human suffering and additional loss of life. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)