Hauling for a cause

Staff Sgt. Joshua Wishmyer signals to his brother Staff Sgt. John Wishmyer as he moves a pallet of boxed meals at the West Virginia Air National Guard’s 167th Airlift Wing based in Martinsburg W.Va., Nov. 1, 2012. The 167th is serving as a staging area for disaster relief supplies which will then be transported throughout West Virginia as needed. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Emily Beightol-Deyerle)

Hurricane Sandy

A WC-130J Hercules loadmaster Chief Master Sgt. Rick Cumbo, from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, prepares a drop sonde used to measure and transfer weather data back to the aircraft while flying on a weather reconnaissance mission into Hurricane Sandy Oct. 29, 2012, somewhere over the Eastern coastline. The drop sonde is ejected into the storm from the WC-130J using a specialized launcher, which then transmits real-time weather information back to the aircraft. The 53rd WRS conducted weather reconnaissance missions in preparation for Hurricane Sandy making landfall along the Eastern coastline of the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason Robertson)

Hurricane Sandy

Lt. Col. Ty Piercefield, from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, pilots a WC-130J Hercules on a weather reconnaissance mission into Hurricane Sandy Oct. 29, 2012, somewhere over the Eastern coastline of the U.S. The 53rd WRS conducted weather reconnaissance missions in preparation for Hurricane Sandy making landfall along the Eastern coastline of the United States (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason Robertson)

Hurricane Sandy

Tech. Sgt Chris Becyar, from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, conducts a pre-flight inspection on a WC-130J Hercules in preparation for a weather reconnaissance mission into Hurricane Sandy Oct. 29, 2012, at Hunter Army Airfield, Ga. The 53rd WRS conducted weather reconnaissance missions in preparation for Hurricane Sandy making landfall along the Eastern coastline of the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason Robertson)

Hurricane Hunters

Maj. Jeff Ragusa, now a lieutenant colonel, is a pilot with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron interviewed by on-air meteorologist, Todd Yakoubian onboard a WC-130J Hurricane Hunter aircraft during a mission into Hurricane Ike September 11, 2008. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. James B. Pritchett)

The morning after

Airmen with the 633rd Security Forces Squadron and 633rd Civil Engineer Squadron raise the U.S. flag at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Aug. 28, 2011, following Hurricane Irene. The hurricane caused widespread flooding and power outages throughout the state. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jason Joel Brown)