Delievering hurricane relief

COLUMBUS AFB, Miss. – First Lt. Graydon Muller, 620th Air Expeditionary Squadron pilot, here returns from flying supplies to Hurricane Katrina victims in the Gulf Coast area of Mississippi. Lieutenant Muller is deployed from the 40th Helicopter Flight at Malmstrom AFB, Mont. (Photo by Senior Airman John Parie)

GC helos go gear up

Helicopter crews from F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo., Malmstrom AFB, Mont., Minot AFB, N.D., and Vandenberg AFB, Calif., competed May 9 - 11 for the Air Force Space Command annual Guardian Challenge. (Courtesy photo)

Starting the 'Challenge'

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The pilot of a UH-1N Huey helicopter maneuvers his aircraft through an obstacle course here May 4 while being guided by the onboard flight engineer. The helicopter team from the 40th Helicopter Flight at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., is competing in Guardian Challenge, the world's annual premier space and missile competition. The four-day event tests the wartime readiness of Air Force Space Command's Airmen in spacelift, ICBM operations, communications, maintenance, helicopter operations, security forces and food preparation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Rodney E. Jones)