Relief Mission to Burma

Senior Airman Daniel L. Mortensen, a loadmaster with the 36th Airlift Squadron, 374th Airlift Wing, 5th Air Force, pushes a pallet of disaster relief supplies bound for Burma May 12 onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft. The flight was the first Cyclone Nargis aid distribution mission for the U.S. military, which was requested by the Burma governing authority to distribute needed humanitarian aid. Photo Cpl. Eric Arndt, III Marine Expeditionary Force Public Affairs.

An Air Force C-130 Hercules prepares to take off May 12 to conduct a humanitarian assistance mission to Burma. The flight was the first Cyclone Nargis aid distribution mission for the U.S. military, which was requested by the Burma governing authority. Photo Cpl. Eric Arndt, III Marine Expeditionary Force Public Affairs.