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C-17 returns to Wake

Airman First Class Daniel Baker looks over aircraft forms prior to taking off on a mission from Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii Sept. 12, 2006. A1C Baker is a C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster from the 535th Airlift Squadron. The C-17 is taking a 53-person team comprised of CE, Defense Department employees and contractors to assess damage left by Super Typhoon Ioke after it struck Wake Island Aug. 31. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)
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C-17 returns to Wake

Maj. Joseph Golovach looks over his C-17 Globemaster III aircraft forms prior to taking off on a mission from Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii Sept. 12, 2006. Maj. Golovach is the C-17 aircraft commander from the 535th Airlift Squadron who is flying a 53-person team comprised of CE, Defense Department employees and contractors to assess damage left by Super Typhoon Ioke after it struck Wake Island Aug. 31. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)
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After the storm

Maj. Joseph Golovach and Capt. John Ramsey III prepare to leave Wake Island in their C-17 Globemaster III Sept. 12 2006. The C-17 is taking the 36th Contingency Response Group from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam back home. The 36th CRG was the initial assessment team on the island to survey the airfield and determine if aircraft could land after the island was hit by Super Typhoon Ioke Aug 31. The pilots are from the 535th Airlift Squadron, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)
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After the storm

Members from the 36th Contingency Response Group load their gear onto a C-17 Globemaster III on Wake Island Sept. 12, 2006. The C-17, from the 535th Airlift Squadron, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii is taking the CRG from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam back home. The 36th CRG was the initial assessment team on the island to survey the airfield and determine if aircraft could land after the island was hit by Super Typhoon Ioke Aug 31. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)
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After the storm

Airman First Class Daniel Baker directs a forklift to the back of his C-17 Globemaster III at Wake Island Sept. 12, 2006. The C-17 is taking members of the 36th Contingency Response Group, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam back home. The 36th CRG was the initial assessment team on the island to survey the airfield and determine if aircraft could land after the island was hit by Super Typhoon Ioke Aug 31. A1C Baker is a loadmaster from the 535th Airlift Squadron at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)
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After the storm

Airman First Class Daniel Baker marshals two Gator tractors on to his C-17 Globemaster III on Wake Island Sept. 12, 2006. The C-17 is taking members of the 36th Contingency Response Group, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam back home. The 36th CRG was the initial assessment team on the island to survey the airfield and determine if aircraft could land after the island was hit by Super Typhoon Ioke Aug 31. A1C Baker is a loadmaster from the 535th Airlift Squadron at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)
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Returning home

ANDERSEN AFB, Guam - Air Force Staff Sgt. Mary Anne Viloria, 36th Medical Group, shares a quiet moment with her son, R.J. Viloria, 7 during a celebration welcoming the members of the 36th Medical Group, from the 36th Wing and the U.S. Navy Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25, stationed at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Sergeant Viloria returned to Andersen AFB, Guam following a 72-day deployment aboard the USNS Mercy where she participated in theater security cooperation and medical assistance missions in partnership with non-governmental organizations, international military medical personnel and host nations of the Philippines, Bangladesh, Indonesia and East Timor. Photo by: Senior Airman Angelique Smyth, 36th Wing Public Affairs.
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Wake Island evacuates as super typhoon bears down

WAKE ISLAND -- A Hickam Air Force Base C-17 Globemaster cargo jet belonging to the 535th Airlift Squadron prepared to leave the tarmac at Wake Island yesterday after 104 people strapped in for the four-hour flight to Hawaii. The operation took 188 residents to safety as Super Typhoon Ioke approached (Photo by Gregg K. Kakesako)
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