Afghan avalanches

Master Sgt. Jan Fink assesses an avalanche survivor's wrist Feb. 9, 2010, at Craig Joint Theater Hospital at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Dozens of Afghans were taken to Bagram Airfield after avalanches struck a mountain pass in the Parwan Province. Sergeant Fink is assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Medical Group. (U.S. Air Force photo by/Tech. Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

Afghan avalanches

Airmen from the 455th Expeditionary Medical Group work in the emergency room to save avalanche victims who were medically evacuated Feb. 9, 2010, to Craig Joint Theater Hospital at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Dozens of Afghans were taken to Bagram Airfield after avalanches struck a mountain pass in the Parwan Province. (U.S. Air Force photo by/Tech. Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

Afghan avalanches

Master Sgt. Jan Fink assesses an avalanche survivor's wrist Feb. 9, 2010, at Craig Joint Theater Hospital at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Dozens of Afghans were taken to Bagram Airfield after avalanches struck a mountain pass in the Parwan Province. Sergeant Fink is assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Medical Group. (U.S. Air Force photo by/Tech. Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

Afghan avalanches

Afghan doctors Shekib Hassanzada (left) and Abdul Hashim and Senior Airman Katrevious Swift discuss avalanche survivors? assessments at Craig Joint Theater Hospital at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Dozens of Afghans were taken to Bagram Airfield after avalanches struck a mountain pass in the Parwan Province. Airman Swift is assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Medical Group. (U.S. Air Force photo by/Tech. Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

relief efforts

First Lt. Andre Dieu, a C-17 Globemaster III pilot with the 7th Airlift Squadron at McChord Air Force Base, Wash., prepares for an air refueling from a KC-135 Stratotanker from Travis AFB, Calif., over the Pacific Ocean Oct. 1, 2009. The C-17 was en route from McChord to Pago Pago, American Samoa, supporting humanitarian relief efforts for the region. On board was a team of nine Federal Emergency Management Agency officials and 17,000 pounds of communications equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Burks)

relief efforts

Federal Emergency Management Agency officials review their plans before departing a C-17 Globemaster III Oct. 1, 2009, in Pago Pago, American Samoa. The aircraft, from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., delivered the FEMA officials and 17,000 pounds of communications equipment. The mission was McChord's first airlift to the Samoan Islands in support of humanitarian relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Eric Burks)