Airmen from the 89th Aerial Port Squadron load pallets

Airmen from the 89th Aerial Port Squadron load pallets onto a C-17 Globemaster III, March 12, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. Air transportation Airmen from the 89th APS created 14 pallets of technical search and rescue gear, to include inflatable swift-water rescue boats, generators, trench rescue and cutting equipment. The gear is being transported by C-17 to more than 80 Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue technicians, to provide assistance in the rescue effort after an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, March 11.