National Urban Search and Rescue Task Force

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – An aerial view of storm damage along the coast of New York from a Georgia Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter during a flight from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Nov 3, 2012. The UH-60 Blackhawk is assigned to the North Carolina Army National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres/Released)

National Urban Search and Rescue Task Force

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Members of Maryland Urban Search and Rescue Task Force step off of an U.S. Army CH-47 helicopter assigned to the Georgia Army National Guard after a flight from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. to Staten Island, N.Y. to conduct house-to-house searches, Nov 3, 2012. Maryland Task Force one is part of the National Search and Rescue Task Force recovery effort in the aftermath of hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres/Released)

National Urban Search and Rescue Task Force

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Members of Maryland Urban Search and Rescue Task Force one fly aboard a U.S. Army CH-47 helicopter assigned to the Georgia Army National Guard from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. to Staten Island, N.Y. to conduct house-to-house searches, Nov 3, 2012. Maryland Task Force one is part of the National Search and Rescue Task Force recovery effort in the aftermath of hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres/Released)

National Urban Search and Rescue Task Force

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Members of Maryland Urban Search and Rescue Task Force one fly aboard a U.S. Army CH-47 helicopter assigned to the Georgia Army National Guard from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. to Staten Island, N.Y. to conduct house-to-house searches, Nov 3, 2012. Maryland Task Force one is part of the National Search and Rescue Task Force recovery effort in the aftermath of hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres/Released)

National Urban Search and Rescue Task Force

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Brent Miller, a rescue specialist assigned to Maryland Task Force one, flies aboard a U.S. Army CH-47 helicopter from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. to Staten Island, N.Y. to conduct house-to-house searches, Nov 3, 2012. Maryland Task Force one is part of the National Search and Rescue Task Force recovery effort in the aftermath of hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres/Released)

National Urban Search and Rescue Task Force

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Brent Miller, a rescue specialist assigned to Maryland Task Force one, flies aboard a U.S. Army CH-47 helicopter from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. to Staten Island, N.Y. to conduct house-to-house searches, Nov 3, 2012. Maryland Task Force one is part of the National Search and Rescue Task Force recovery effort in the aftermath of hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres/Released)

National Urban Search and Rescue Task Force

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Members of Maryland Urban Search and Rescue Task Force one fly aboard a U.S. Army CH-47 helicopter assigned to the Georgia Army National Guard from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. to Staten Island, N.Y. to conduct house-to-house searches, Nov 3, 2012. Maryland Task Force one is part of the National Search and Rescue Task Force recovery effort in the aftermath of hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres/Released)

National Urban Search and Rescue Task Force

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Members of Maryland Urban Search and Rescue Task Force one fly aboard a U.S. Army CH-47 helicopter assigned to the Georgia Army National Guard from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. to Staten Island, N.Y. to conduct house-to-house searches, Nov 3, 2012. Maryland Task Force one is part of the National Search and Rescue Task Force recovery effort in the aftermath of hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres/Released)

National Urban Search and Rescue Task Force

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Members of Maryland Urban Search and Rescue Task Force one fly aboard a U.S. Army CH-47 helicopter assigned to the Georgia Army National Guard from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. to Staten Island, N.Y. to conduct house-to-house searches, Nov 3, 2012. Maryland Task Force one is part of the National Search and Rescue Task Force recovery effort in the aftermath of hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres/Released)

National Urban Search and Rescue Task Force

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. -- Members of the Georgia Army National Guard prepare their CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter for a flight from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. to Staten Island, N.Y. The aircraft was moving members of the National Search and Rescue Task Force to conduct house-to-house searches, Nov 3, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres/Released)

National Urban Search and Rescue Task Force

Members of the National Urban Search and Rescue Task Force receive a briefing before flying from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. to Staten Island, N.Y. to conduct house-to-house searches, Nov 3, 2012. The Task Force includes state search and rescue task forces from Maryland, Virginia, and Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres/Released)

Hurricane Sandy Relief

The Defense Department launched “a significant airlift event” to quickly get equipment to restore power to New York, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said, Nov. 1, 2012. Air Force crews from the Air Mobility Command transported the equipment from Southern California to New York in Hurricane Sandy's aftermath. (Photo/U.S. Army Master Sgt. Connie Lombardo)

Deputy SecDef

Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter tours a warhead missile maintenance facility at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Nov. 2, 2012. (DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)

Deputy SecDef

Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter speaks to Airmen at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Nov 2, 2012. Carter thanked them for their hard and dedicated work. (DoD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)

Lew Award

Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Larry Spencer presents the Gen. Lew Allen Jr. Award to Maj. Jennifer Gurganus during a ceremony in the Pentagon on Oct. 31, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Steve Boley)

Representing the Air Force

Staff Sgt. Kimberly Miller walks onto the stage at the Ms. Veteran America competition in Arlington, Va., Oct. 7, 2012. Miller is a military training instructor at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, and competed in the first pageant for women in uniform. (Courtesy photo)

Airmen Respond

A C-17 Globemaster III arrives at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., in support of Hurricane Sandy relief efforts Nov. 1, 2012. Military bases across the nation are mobilizing to the northeast region of the country to restore electricity and provide humanitarian assistance, as currently more than 2 million people are without power. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Caroline Hayworth)

Hurricane relief efforts

Air Force loadmasters assigned to the 729th Airlift Squadron at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., load Southern California Edison Utility Vehicles onto a C-17 Globemaster III in response to the president's call to 'lean forward' with Hurricane Sandy relief efforts Nov. 1, 2012. Military bases across the nation are mobilizing to the northeast region of the country to restore electricity and provide humanitarian assistance, as currently more than 2 million people are without power. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Caroline Hayworth)

Airmen Respond

Air Force crews offload Southern California Edison power repair equipment from a C-5 Galaxy on Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, N.Y., Nov. 1, 2012. The Defense Department initiated the airlift operation to aid recovery efforts in Hurricane Sandy's aftermath. (U.S. Army photo/Master Sgt. Corine Lombardo)

Over Vegas

A B1-B Lancer aircraft takes off at night toward the Las Vegas Strip during exercise Green Flag at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Oct. 30, 2012. The aircraft is assigned to the 34th Bomb Squadron at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota. (U.S. Air Force photo/Val Gempis)

Spirit fingers

Members of Tops in Blue perform at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Oct. 21, 2012. The Tops in Blue 2012 World Tour, entitled “Listen,” has traveled across the United States and to more than 20 different countries. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Aaron-Forrest Wainwright)

One stops III

A 105th Airlift Wing maintainer signals pilots of a C-17 Globemaster III to hold the brakes during engines run up for a late morning flight at Stewart Air National Guard Base, N.Y., Oct. 19, 2012.  (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael OHalloran)

Air Force Week in Photos

Tech. Sgt. Omar Nurse uses a kestrel meter to check if current weather conditions match the main weather sensor data at Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan, Oct. 7, 2012. The 19th Expeditionary Weather Squadron provides Army ground commanders with accurate and real-time weather conditions and offers alternative options to help commanders make informed decisions on combat operations. Nurse is a battlefield weather forecaster with the 19th EWS. A kestrel is a hand held wind and weather meter capable of monitoring and reporting an exhaustive list of environmental parameters. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder)

Meteorological mission

Tech. Sgt. Omar Nurse uses a kestrel meter to check if current weather conditions match the main weather sensor data at Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan, Oct. 7, 2012. The 19th Expeditionary Weather Squadron provides Army ground commanders with accurate and real-time weather conditions and offers alternative options to help commanders make informed decisions on combat operations. Nurse is a battlefield weather forecaster with the 19th EWS. A kestrel is a hand held wind and weather meter capable of monitoring and reporting an exhaustive list of environmental parameters. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder)