U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kassondra Cline, a loadmaster for the 787th Air Expeditionary Squadron, directs the loading of a tactical vehicle onto a U.S. Air Force C-130J aircraft at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Nov. 11, 2014. The aircraft and crew, from Dyess Air Force Base Texas, are deployed to Senegal to fly humanitarian aid and troop-support equipment into Monrovia, Liberia, in support of Operation United Assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development-led, whole-of-government effort to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer)

More than 35 Airmen and two C-130 aircraft from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, arrived to establish the 787th Air Expeditionary Squadron and fly humanitarian cargo into Liberia as part of Operation United Assistance, the mission to fight Ebola in West Africa.

U.S. Air Force Capts. Vincent Levraea (left) and Jason Steinlicht, both pilots from the 317th Airlift Group at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, conduct pre-flight checklists at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Nov. 4, 2014. The pilots are preparing to fly a sortie into Monrovia, Liberia, to deliver more than 8 tons of humanitarian aid and military supplies in support of Operation United Assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development-led, whole-of-government effort to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer/Released)