M60 Queen
Questa bella bionda in mimetica e’ Sarah Calvert, che all’epoca della foto era Master-at-arms di Seconda Classe in servizio nella Inshore Boat Unit Five One (IBU-51) della U.S. Navy. Qui Sarah si prende cura della sua mitragliatrice M60 (San Diego, California, 11 Dicembre 2006). In basso: sempre Ms. Calvert in azione.
Douglas A-4E Skyhawk
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Tavola di Michele Marsan tratta dal mensile Aerei Modellismo, Settembre 1990. Delta Editrice snc, Parma, Italia.
F-11 Tiger & F-13 Bobcat
Una rarissima immagine dell’F-13 Bobcat, qui ripreso in volo con un Grumman F-11 Tiger.
[Article] Missing Clues and Cracking Codes in the Pacific War – Did Joe Rochefort Unwittingly Mislead Admiral Kimmel about Pearl Harbor?
E visto che oggi cadono i 70 anni da Pearl Harbor, allego qui un articolo su codici, crittografia e intelligence nel Pacifico apparso sul corrente numero di Proceedings, la rivista ufficiale dell’US Naval Institute
Per vedere le scansioni a grandezza naturale cliccate sulle miniature e poi su “PERMALINK”
La potenza di fuoco del Martin Mauler
Qualche bella immagine che mostra le impressionanti capacita’ di carico del Martin AM-1 Mauler, il fratello sfortunato del Douglas Skyraider.
Tutte le immagini by Glenn L. Martin Company e National Archives
Maggiori info @
www.marylandaviationmuseum.org/history/martin_aircraft/19_mauler.html
Costose bravate
Damage to the helicopters was estimated at between $50,000 and $500,000, according to the newspaper, which reported that the grounded pilots had to land at Lake Tahoe Airport following the incident and a different set of pilots eventually flew the helicopters home.
La storia completa QUI.
Mi sa che i piloti qui dovranno sganciare il grano…
[HD Video] Top Gun Intro
Calcia culi fino all’Oceano Indiano 
Probabilmente la parte migliore di quel film. Merito anche dell’indimenticabile Gattone.
Top Gun anthem
“Top Gun” secondo Tarantino
PS: Harold Faltermeyer rulezzz
Jose Jimenez on approach
da The Right Stuff.
Boeing presenta i primi concept per il futuro sostituto del Super Hornet
© Boeing & Tim Bicheno-Brown/Flightglobal
© Boeing
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Sea Rafale
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Jet Kayak
Photos: John Florea And Peter Stackpole/Life
Date: March 1948
[Gallery] Emergenza Haiti: il dispositivo militare – parte 8
Altra infornata di immagini da Haiti.
Graphic provides an update of relief efforts in Haiti
United Nations soldiers from Sri Lanka stand guard outside a food distribution center in Port-au-Prince January 21, 2010. Shops began to reopen in Haiti’s capital on Thursday and banking services were to resume at the weekend but the government and aid workers still struggled to assist masses of earthquake survivors camped out in rubble-strewn streets. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo
The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort is anchored off the coast of Haiti January 20, 2010, to support Operation Unified Response. The U.S. Navy has 11 ships supporting the operation, with approximately 11,000 Sailors, Marines, and civilians providing humanitarian and medical aid to the country after it was struck by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on January 12. REUTERS/Chelsea Kennedy/U.S. Navy/Handout
US Navy photo – A girl with head injuries is comforted before being transported to a waiting U.S. helicopter bound for the USS Comfort medical ship waiting just off the coast of Port-au-Prince January 21, 2010. Port-au-Prince and the surrounding area was rocked by a massive earthquake on January 12, 2010, devastating the city and leaving thousands dead. More than 13,000 U.S. military personnel are in Haiti and on 20 ships offshore.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 21: In this handout image provided by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), a US Paratrooper guards a US military ship carrying supplies at the Industrial Port on January 21, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Sophia Paris/MINUSTAH via Getty Images)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 21: In this handout image provided by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), MINUSTAH’s Brazilian peacekeepers direct traffic in downtown Port-au-Prince, in an area where most buildings collapsed when an earthquake devastated Haiti last week, on January 21, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Sophia Paris/MINUSTAH via Getty Images)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 21: A baby girl named Esther, born today on board the USNS Comfort, a U.S. Naval hospital ship, rests on January 21, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Esther is the first baby ever born on the ship; her mother suffered a crushed pelvis and broken femur during Haiti’s recent earthquake and was still in surgery. The Comfort deployed from Baltimore with 550 medical personnel on board to treat earthquake victims and arrived in Haiti on January 20. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 21: Surgeons take a quick rest between operations on board the USNS Comfort, a U.S. Naval hospital ship, on January 21, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Comfort deployed from Baltimore with 550 medical personnel on board to treat victims of Haiti’s recent earthquake, and arrived on January 20. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 21: A US Army 82nd Airborne soldier hands a toy to a seriously wounded boy before he is airlifted to the hospital ship USS Comfort January 21, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 21: US Army soldiers in the 82nd Airborne Division carry a wounded child on the grounds of Haiti’s earthquake-damaged National Palace to a waiting helicopter January 21, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 21: US Army Lt. Col. Robert Malsby of Marietta, Georgia (R) of the 82nd Airborne Division comforts Narlie, age 4, who was seriously wounded in the Haitian earthquake and has been earmarked for emergency care aboard the USS Comfort January 21, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 21: US military troops look out of the back of a helicopter before a mission to deliver water for distribution to displaced Haitians January 21, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 21: A US Navy sailor carries two cases of water to waiting helicopters before a mission to deliver water to displaced Haitians January 21, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. . (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (C) and his wife Mariza Leticia walk past the coffins of Brazilian U.N. peacekeeper who died in the earthquake in Haiti, during a memorial tribute ceremony in Brasilia January 21, 2010. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (C) and his wife Mariza Leticia walk past the coffins of Brazilian U.N. peacekeeper who died in the earthquake in Haiti, during a memorial tribute ceremony in Brasilia January 21, 2010. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
Relatives react next to the coffin of a Brazilian U.N. peacekeeper who died in the earthquake in Haiti, during a memorial tribute ceremony in Brasilia January 21, 2010. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 21: A US Army nurse and soldier with the 82nd Airborne Division shield Narlie, age 4,from the rotor wash of a medical helicopter en route for Narlie to be treated on the hospital ship the USS Comfort January 21, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 21: A US Army 82nd Airborne sergeant sits with a seriously wounded boy before he is airlifted to the hospital ship USS Comfort January 21, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 21: A two-month-old Haitian boy sleeps in a crib after a television fell on his foot and injured it during the earthquake as his mother looks on in the pediatric ward on board the USNS Comfort, a U.S. Naval hospital ship, on January 21, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Comfort deployed from Baltimore with 550 medical personnel on board to treat victims of Haiti’s recent earthquake, and arrived on January 20. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 21: A Winnie the Pooh doll awaits patients in the pediatric ward on board the USNS Comfort, a U.S. Naval hospital ship, on January 21, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 21: U.S. Army soldiers from the 82nd Airborne walk through the streets as they continue to provide aid for victims of the massive earthquake on January 21, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
A blood-stained boy cries after a scuffle on a street in Port-au-Prince January 21, 2010. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 21: Presidential Palace guards help carry an injured person to an awaiting Navy helicopter as they medivac her to the USNS comfort for further medical care after she was hurt during the massive earthquake on January 21, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
LEOGANE, HAITI – JANUARY 21: Young Haitian boys watch from the beach as crew members of the Canadian Navy vessel HMCS Athabaskan make their way to shore in the city of Leogane on January 21, 2010 in Leogane, Haiti. Forces from the Canadian Navy, U.S. Marines, and U.S. Navy are setting up aid stations in Leogane, near the epicenter of last week’s devastating earthquake. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 21: Doctors Susan Farrar (L) and Shannon Lamb (R) deliver a baby girl named Esther by C-section on board the USNS Comfort, a U.S. Naval hospital ship, on January 21, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Esther is the first baby ever born on the ship; her mother suffered a crushed pelvis during Haiti’s recent earthquake. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)
Dutch Marines arrive to join the humanitarian aid efforts at the port in Port-au-Prince, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. International aid flowing into Haiti after the Jan. 12 earthquake has been struggling with logistical problems, and many people are still desperate for food and water. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Members of the Royal Dutch Airforce carry off 106 children from a Dutch relief flight arriving in the Netherlands from Port-au-Prince, in Eindhoven January 21, 2010. Nearly all children, aged between six months and 7-years-old, were in the process of being adopted before the 7.0 magnitude earthquake, which killed up to 200,000 people and reduced much of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince to rubble. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 21: A Coast Guard helicopter takes off with victims of last week’s devastating earthquake for treatment aboard the U.S.S. Comfort January 21, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, Army and Africa Partnership Station are working together to coordinate a triage and medical evacuation unit from the Killick Coast Guard Station for victims of the earthquake. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 21: CSSN Ernsley Victome, an English/Creole translator, talks with a 12-year-old girl who broke her leg when a wall fell on her during the earthquake in the pediatric ward on board the USNS Comfort, a U.S. Naval hospital ship, on January 21, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. . (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 21: Doctors move a newly-arrived Haitian earthquake victim from a stretcher to a gurney in the casualty receiving area on board the USNS Comfort, a U.S. Naval hospital ship, on January 21, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Comfort deployed from Baltimore with 550 medical personnel on board to treat victims of Haiti’s recent earthquake, and arrived on January 20. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)
US Army paratroopers guard the road behind the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince January 21, 2010. Banks in earthquake-hit Haiti will start operating again from the weekend, the country’s commerce minister said on Thursday, as the government worked with aid partners to start trying to get the shattered economy back on its feet. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 21: A Haitian man lies in the casualty receiving area on board the USNS Comfort, a U.S. Naval hospital ship, on January 21, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 21: Naval medical staff transport a Haitian earthquake victim who arrived by helicopter to the casualty receiving area of the USNS Comfort, a U.S. Naval hospital ship, on January 21, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 21: MA3 Hootman keeps watch on the USNS Comfort, a U.S. Naval hospital ship, on January 21, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Comfort deployed from Baltimore with 550 medical personnel on board to treat victims of Haiti’s recent earthquake, and arrived on January 20. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)
A boy receives bottles of water from a member of the Brazilian Peacekeeping Forces, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti January 21, 2010. The search for survivors of Haiti’s killer earthquake has started to wind down as international rescue teams begin pulling back and aid, though more plentiful, is still not enough for the tens of thousands left homeless and injured. REUTERS/Ana-Bianca Marin
People wait to receive food and water distributed by the Brazilian Peacekeeping Forces, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti January 21, 2010. The search for survivors of Haiti’s killer earthquake has started to wind down as international rescue teams begin pulling back and aid, though more plentiful, is still not enough for the tens of thousands left homeless and injured.
Brazilian troops prepare to leave for a food and water distribution mission in Port-au-Prince, Haiti January 21, 2010. The search for survivors of Haiti’s killer earthquake has started to wind down as international rescue teams begin pulling back and aid, though more plentiful, is still not enough for the tens of thousands left homeless and injured. REUTERS/Ana-Bianca Marin
A medical team of about 100 members of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces leaves for quake-devastated Haiti to join international rescue efforts at Narita international airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
A medical team of about 100 members of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces leaves for quake-devastated Haiti to join international rescue efforts at Narita international airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
Melissa Dosou, 19, center, is comforted by Terry Holbrook, a nurse from San Francisco, Calif., as she is treated by the members of Disaster Medical Assistance Team at a refugee camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
LEOGANE, Haiti (Jan. 20, 2010) A landing craft unit from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) embarked aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) delivers humanitarian aid and supplies at a compound outside Leogane, Haiti. Carter Hall and the 22nd MEU are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage in Haiti Jan. 12. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Theodore W. Ritchie/Released)
JECMAL, Haiti (Jan. 20, 2010) Haitians citizens load Meals-Ready-to-Eat (MREs) from a CH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter assigned to Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 14 embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), for distribution to Haitians affected by the recent earthquake. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17, along with other military assets, are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response in the aftermath of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Jan. 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Erin Oberholtzer/Released)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 20, 2010) A U.S. soldier carries a Haitian boy injured in the recent earthquake to awaiting medical personnel. U.S. and international military units and civilian aid agencies are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage near Port-au-Prince on Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Erin Oberholtzer/Released)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 20, 2010) U.S. Navy helicopters from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) prepare to transport water and supplies from the airport to areas around Port-au-Prince. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17, along with other military assets, are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response in the aftermath of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Jan. 12. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Erin Oberholtzer/Released)
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (Jan. 20, 2010) Construction Mechanic 2nd Class Jacob Seichter, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 25, operates a bulldozer at the airfield at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. The Seabees are modifying the airfield to accommodate a Boeing 747 that is offloading meals-ready-to-eat to be delivered to Haiti. The additional flight line space is an essential support for Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage near Port-au-Prince on Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Bill Mesta/Released)
BAIE DE GRAND GOAVE, Haiti (Jan. 20, 2010) The multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) transits off the coast of Haiti while conducting flight operations supporting relief efforts on the ground. Bataan, along with amphibious dock landing ships USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43), USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) and USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) are participating in Operation Unified Response and are providing military support capabilities to civil authorities to help stabilize and improve the situation in Haiti in the wake of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ryan Steinhour/Released)
NEW MISSION COMPOUND, Haiti (Jan. 20, 2010) A Haitian girl enjoys her meal-ready-to-eat that U.S. service members distributed to Haitian citizens who live in the village of Birey. The village is located just outside the New Mission Compound, recently established to provide humanitarian assistance to support Operation Unified Response following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Rachael L. Leslie/Released)
BONEL, Haiti (Jan. 20, 2010) Lt. Mark Heitzmann, a medical officer aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50), treats a patient at a treatment facility organized by Sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5). Bataan is on station in Haiti along with the amphibious dock landing ships USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43), USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), and USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) as the Bataan Amphibious Relief Mission. . (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Hendrick Dickson/Released)
[Gallery] Emergenza Haiti: il dispositivo militare – parte 4
An APC of the Brazilian UN forces guards trucks with food and other supplies as they leave the UN compound at the Port-au-Prince airport, January 18, 2010. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
Armed Brazilian UN forces leave the UN compound at the Port-au-Prince airport with food and other supplies January 18, 2010. World leaders pledged aid to rebuild Haiti after what the United Nations called the worst humanitarian crisis in decades, but earthquake survivors were still waiting on Sunday for food, water and medicine. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
U.S. soldiers push back Haitians from a gate who line up in search for an occasional job at the UN compound based at the Port-au-Prince airport, January 18, 2010. The United States is to send more troops to Haiti as tens of thousands of hungry, thirsty and injured Haitian earthquake survivors wait desperately for promised food and medical care. The U.S. Southern Command said some 2,200 Marines with heavy equipment to clear debris, medical aid and helicopters, would join some 5,000 U.S. troops already in the region. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
n aerial view shows a U.S. Air Force C-17 military transport plane at the Port-au-Prince airport January 17, 2010. REUTERS/Louis Charbonneau
Humanitarian aid is loaded onto a plane at the Torrejon military airbase, as a military jet is seen in background, in Madrid, Spain, Monday Jan. 18, 2010. Aid supplies are being sent from Spain as part of a massive international effort to alleviate the effects of the earthquake in Haiti.
A busload of Canadian evacuees from Haiti are transported from the Canadian Forces C-17 to Trudeau International Airport in Montreal, January 17, 2010. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi
A Canadian evacuee from Haiti is assisted off a Canadian Forces C-17 as it arrives at Trudeau International Airport in Montreal, January 17, 2010. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi
A Canadian evacuee from Haiti is assisted to a waiting ambulance after arriving at Trudeau International Airport in Montreal, January 17, 2010. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi
Jean Gerber, 11, center, grimaces as medic Buddy Davis removes a bandage to check on the boy’s wound at a country club used as a fort operating base for the 82nd Airborne Division in Port-au-Prince, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
U.S. troops with the 82nd Airborne Division distribute water to earthquake survivors in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 16, 2010) Aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) medical team members assist an injured Haitian child for treatment aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. . (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Barker/Released)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 16, 2010) Aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) medical team members transport an injured Haitian male for treatment aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Barker/Released)
ILLICK, Haiti (Jan. 16, 2010) A U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman treats an earthquake victim at Killick Haitian Coast Guard Base Clinic. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake cause severe damage near Port-au-Prince on Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adrian White/Released)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 16, 2010) An air crewman comforts Haitian earthquake victims during a medical evacuation aboard an U.S. Navy SH-60F Sea Hawk assigned to the Red Lions of Anti-submarine Squadron (HS) 15. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Candice Villarreal/Released)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 17, 2010) Sailors aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) offload a earthquake victim transported from from Port-au-Prince. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joel Carlson/Released)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan.17, 2010) U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Nicholas Wentworth hangs an intravenous solution inside an MH-60S Sea Hawk prior to flying an earthquake victim to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joel Carlson/Released)
KILLICK, Haiti (Jan. 16, 2010) A U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman treats an earthquake victim at Killick Haitian Coast Guard Base Clinic. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adrian White/Released)
A man wearing a t-shirt with an image of U.S. President Barack Obama is seen in a makeshift refugee camp managed by 82nd Airborne January 17, 2010. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Naval Air Crewman 2nd Class Jason Harold of Goldsboro, North Carolina transfers a young Haitian earthquake victim from an SH-60B Seahawk helicopter during a medical evacuation in Port-au-Prince in this handout taken on January 16, 2010 and released to Reuters on January 17, 2010. REUTERS/Candice Villarreal/U.S. Navy photo/Handout
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 17: A. U.N. peacekeeper guards food supplies to be distributed by the World Food Program on January 17, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Aid agencies are struggling to distribute food as quickly as possible but face major logistical problems in doing so caused by the massive earthquake that took place on January 12. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
A Russian plane sits on the tarmac at Maiquetia Simon Bolivar international airport in Caracas January 17, 2010. A Russia-Venezuela mission was set to leave Venezuela on Monday carrying over 60 tonnes of aid to Haiti. Venezuela has sent several planes to Haiti with doctors, aid and some soldiers. REUTERS/Edwin Montila
Colonel Steven M. Shepro, 316th Wing/Joint Base Andrews commander, assists a Haitian earthquake survivor while disenbarking off an 89th Airlift Wing C-32 at Joint Base Andrews flightline Jan 17. U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Clifford L. H. Davis
Maj. Michael Vanone, Offutt AFB, NE, 45th Reconnaissance Squadron navigator, monitors navigational equipment in an OC-135B Observation Aircraft Jan 16 over Haiti. Army, Navy and Air Force personnel used the capabilities of the OC-135B to photograph Haiti, to get a better understanding of the devastation from the earthquake that hit the island Jan. 12. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Perry Aston)
U.S. Navy helicopters are prepped for takeoff in the early morning sunrise onboard the USS Carl Vinson as relief efforts continue off the shore of Port-au-Prince January 17, 2010. U.S. troops will help keep order on Haiti’s increasingly lawless streets, the country’s president says as desperate earthquake survivors wait for food, water and medicine. REUTERS/Hans Deryk
U.S. Navy crewmen from the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier load water onto a waiting helicopter to be airlifted to various drop-off zones in Port-au-Prince January 17, 2010. REUTERS/Hans Deryk
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 17: A U.S. Navy helicopter flies past the Presidential Palace which was damaged during the massive earthquake January 17, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Many buildings were reduced to rubble by the 7.0-strong quake on January 12. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Sgt. Allen Robinson from the 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, looks at a collapsed building as he sits in the back of a vehicle carrying disaster relief supplies in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Spcl. Joseph Dillon from 1st Squadron, 73rd Calvary Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, looks at a collapsed building as he sits in the back of a vehicle on the way to the airport to pick up disaster relief supplies in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
U.S. Army Spc. Brent Nailor, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, passes out humanitarian aid meals to women and children in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 16, 2010. The squadron established a forward operating base at an abandoned, damaged country club near the embassy. A survivor camp of thousands is situated near the based. DoD photo by Fred W. Baker IIII
Prince, Haiti, Jan. 16, 2010. About 200 soldiers, assigned to the 82nd Division’s 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, are setting up security to help provide humanitarian aid to those left devastated by the earthquake. A survivor camp of thousands of displaced Haitians is near the base. DoD photo by Fred W. Baker III
U.S. Army soldiers unload food and water from a Navy helicopter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 16, 2010. The soldiers, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, have set up a forward operating base to help establish security and provide humanitarian assistance. DoD photo by Fred W. Baker III
Women and children receive a humanitarian meal in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 16, 2010. U.S. soldiers, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, passed out more than 2,500 meals during their first day on the ground at a forward operating base. DoD photo by Fred W. Baker III
U.S. Army soldiers pass out meals to women and children in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 16, 2010. The soldiers are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment. DoD photo by Fred W. Baker III
A large crowd swarms around U.S. troops as they walk into a survivor camp with food in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 16, 2010.
Haitians form a human chain to secure the line for a humanitarian aid drop in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 16, 2009.
U.S. Airmen help earthquake refugees in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, board a U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircraft from Air Station Clearwater, Fla., headed for Homestead, Fla., Jan. 16, 2010. Around 60 people boarded the aircraft, including children and the elderly. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Pamela J. Manns/Released)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 16, 2010) Sailors load bottles of fresh water into an MH-53E from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 14 that will be delivered to earthquake survivors. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Barker/Released)
Emergenza Haiti: il dispositivo militare – parte 2
Altra infornata di foto!
Chart shows health data comparing Haiti to selected American countries
Italian airmen help load medical equipment onto a military C-130 J aircraft at the airport in Pisa, Italy. Fabio Muzzi-AFP/Getty Images
Italian C-130J (ANSA)
Italian C-130J (ANSA)
Italian C-130J (ANSA)
Nicaraguan soldiers load a plane with humanitarian aid to be sent to Haiti at Augusto C. Sandino airport in Managua, Nicaragua, as a rescue team prepares to depart for Haiti. Esteban Felix-AP
Members of the Colombian civil defense and army prepare to leave for Haiti at the military airport in Bogota. Troops and planeloads of food and medicine trickled in to Haiti on Thursday to aid a traumatized nation still rattled by aftershocks from the earthquake. John Vizcaino-Reuters
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 15: U.N. peacekeepers escort a convoy carrying relief supplies from the Dominican Republic to Port au Prince January 15, 2010 near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Relief supplies are beginning to trickle into the city after a powerful 7.0-strong earthquake struck and devastated the city on January 12. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 15: U.N. peacekeepers unload donated water supplies near the Port au Prince airport January 15, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Relief supplies are beginning to trickle into the city, three days after a devastating earthquake. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 15: U.N. peacekeepers unload donated water supplies near the Port au Prince airport January 15, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Relief supplies are beginning to trickle into the city after a powerful 7.0-strong earthquake struck and devastated the city on January 12. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
US military personnel unload humanitarian aid as a cargo airplane approaches the runway at the Toussant Louverture international airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. The Obama administration on Friday acknowledged the limits of its initial relief efforts in Haiti, while promising a quick ramp-up in delivery of water and other badly needed supplies. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)
Troops with the 82nd Airborne Division wait in line to get on a plane bound for Haiti at Pope Air Force Base, near Fayetteville, N.C., Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. Hundreds of U.S. troops touched down in shattered Port-au-Prince overnight as U.N. and other aid organizations struggled Friday to get food and water to stricken millions. Fears spread of unrest among the Haitian people in their fourth day of desperation. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Troops with the 18th Airborne Corps leave a holding area to get on a supply plane bound for Haiti at Pope Air Force Base, near Fayetteville, N.C., Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. Hundreds of U.S. troops touched down in shattered Port-au-Prince overnight as U.N. and other aid organizations struggled Friday to get food and water to stricken millions. Fears spread of unrest among the Haitian people in their fourth day of desperation. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Brazilian peacekeeper Tareck de Pontes, who was injured during the earthquake in Haiti, is pushed in a wheelchair by a colleague upon their return to base in Sao Paulo January 15, 2010. Thousands of people left hurt or homeless in Haiti’s earthquake spent a third night lying on sidewalks and clamored for help on Friday as their despair turned to anger and aftershocks rippled through the wrecked city. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker
An Air Mobility Command C-17 Globemaster III from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., departs March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Jan. 13, 2010, en route to Haiti with USAID support and supplies. AMC forces are actively working to support relief operations in Haiti after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake devastated the Caribbean nation Jan. 12, 2010.
FILE – This Jan. 24, 2008 photo provided Friday Jan. 15, 2010 by the French Defense Ministry shows French military ship TCD Siroco, an amphibious assault ship, during operations off the coasts of Lebanon. The vessel, who was sailing off the coasts of Senegal, is equiped with two surgical units and 50 hospital beds, carries 4 military helicopters, and was routed to Haiti as part of France’s emergency aid for the earthquake hit country. Aid workers are focusing on the overwhelming challenge of getting food and water to millions of earthquake survivors in Haiti. (AP Photo/Anne-Flore Caburet/ECPAD/French Navy/Marine Nationale)
This Oct. 3, 2006 photo provided by the French Defense Ministry shows French military ship Francis Garnier, a light transport vessel, sailing off the Caribbean island of Martinique. The Fort de France-based vessel is to sail to Haiti, carrying 50 troops, transportation vehicles and humanitarian freight, as part as France’s emergency aid to the earthquake hit country. Aid workers are focusing on the overwhelming challenge of getting food and water to millions of earthquake survivors in Haiti. (AP Photo/Bruno Planchais/ECPAD/French Navy/Marine Nationale)
A U.S. Army soldier from the 73rd Cavalry Regiment, stands in front of the Toussaint L’ouverture airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)
Cargo is loaded onto a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Jan. 14, 2010, for transport to Haiti in support of humanitarian operations. The Air Force is providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to Haiti after a magnitude-7 earthquake hit the country Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James L. Harper Jr./Released)
Ron Wickbacher along with his dog, Dawson, prepare to load onto a C-17 Globemaster III on their way to Haiti Jan. 14, 2010, at March Air Reserve Base, Calif. Mr. Wickbacher is a canine search specialist from California Task Force 2, and Dawson is a live-scent dog trained for humanitarian search and rescue. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Holly Hess)
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – U.S. Army Lt. Col. Hector Paz of U.S. Military Assistance Advocacy Group, U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo, D.R., carries an injured girl to receive medical treament after being evacuated from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, by a Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircraft crew stationed in Clearwater, Fla., Jan. 14, 2010. Hundreds of U.S. personnel have been evacuated from Haiti in the aftermath of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that stuck outside Port-au-Prince on January 12. U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 1st Class Mariana O’Leary.
Amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) loads equipment at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story in Little Creek, Va., Jan. 14, 2010, before departing to provide humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of a 7.0-magnitude earthquake near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Amanda Watson/Released)
U.S. Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., offload cargo from a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., Jan. 15, 2010, at the Port-au-Prince airport in Haiti in support of relief efforts in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua L. DeMotts/Released)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Coast Guard Lt.j.g Jay Sandusky and Chief Petty Officer Jim Crummett of Air Station Clearwater, Fla., carry an injured woman onto the laoding ramp of an HC-130 Hercules aircraft, Jan. 14, 2010, before departing for the Dominican Republic. U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Mariana O’Leary
Shown here Jan. 15, 2010, are tents on the edge of the runway at the Port-au-Prince airport in Haiti. The tents are providing shelter to U.S. military personnel participating in the relief effort in Haiti in the aftermath of a devastating eartquake. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua L. DeMotts/Released)
Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., offload cargo from a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., Jan. 15, 2010, at the Port-au-Prince airport in Haiti in support of relief efforts in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua L. DeMotts/Released)
Members of the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C., make their way onto a C-130 Hercules Jan. 14, 2010 at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. The Soldiers are being transported by 440th Airlift Wing Airmen to support humanitarian relief efforts and provide essential airfield security after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake devastated the Caribbean nation Jan 12, 2010. The efforts of the mission personnel will ensure the safety of future relief operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kris Levasseur)
Maj. Jim Gallagher (left) and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Chris Arnett examine Blue Force Tracking devices in preparation for Commander Arnett’s deployment in support of Haitian earthquake relief efforts Jan. 13, 2010, at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Members of the 621st Contingency Response Wing depart on board a C-17 Globemaster III Jan. 14, 2010, from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and headed for the Toussaint Louverture International Airport, Haiti. The 21 passengers and 44 tons of cargo were sent to Haiti on a 305th Air Mobility Wing C-17 from Joint Base McGuire to support relief operations in response to a devastating earthquake in the area. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Denise Johnson)
Members of the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg unload ammunition and supplies from a C-130 Hercules, Jan. 14, 2010 at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. The Soldiers are being transported by 440th Airlift Wing Airmen to support humanitarian relief efforts and provide essential airfield security after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake devastated the Caribbean nation Jan 12, 2010. The efforts of the mission personnel will ensure the safety of future relief operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kris Levasseur)
Airmen take the first step in providing relief supplies to Haiti Jan. 14, 2010, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. Together, they loaded bottles of water and other relief supplies on a C-17 Globemaster III in support of Haiti humanitarian relief operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Charles Russell)
Airmen with the West Virginia Air National Guard’s 167th Airlift Wing load a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft with life-saving supplies headed to Port-au-Prince, Haiti Jan. 14, 2009. The aircraft was flown by a crew from the 172nd Airlift Wing of the Mississippi Air National Guard. (Photo by Master Sgt. Eugene Crist, West Virginia National Guard)
Master Sgt. Michael Rice of the 167th Airlift Wing Maintenance Group adjusts cargo netting on a pallet of medical supplies and equipment to be loaded aboard a C-17 aircraft bound for Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The air base, located in Martinsburg, W.Va., was transformed Jan. 14 into a staging area for more than 332,000 pounds of relief supplies. Hundreds of thousands of pounds more are expected to be palletized at the air base for shipment to Haiti in the coming days. (Photo by Master Sgt. Eugene Crist, West Virginia National Guard)
USNS Comfort sits at its pier in Baltimore on Jan. 15, 2010, being readied to move out to provide medical support for earthquake-ravaged Haiti. DoD photo by Donna Miles
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Jan 15, 2010) The crew of a U.S. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) unload food and supplies from a at the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The U.S. military is conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage near Port-au-Prince on Jan 12, 2010.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Barker/Released)
ORT-AU-PRINCE (Jan. 15, 2010) Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) load pallets of relief supplies onto an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter as the ship arrives off the coast of Haiti. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage near Port-au-Prince. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Shen/Released)
LITTLE CREEK, Va. (Jan. 14, 2010) The amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) loads equipment at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story before departing to provide humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Amanda Watson/Released)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 14, 2010) Aviation Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Sarah Jung, left, and Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Samuel Hinderliter, both assigned to the Rawhides of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) 40, load boxes onto a C-2A Greyhound transport aircraft headed for Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The airfield and hangars of the base have become a hub for squadrons flying to and from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Haiti to provide humanitarian assistance after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake. ( U.S. Navy photo by Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Nicole Bieneman/Released)
Helicopters head off the deck of the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier enroute to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 15, 2010. The carrier floats 10 miles (16 km) off the coast as rescue operations began onboard the carrier equipped with 19 helicopters transporting water, supplies and medical evacuations between the devastated island capital and the naval base. REUTERS/Hans Deryk
Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) move pallets of relief supplies as the ship arrives off the coast of Haiti, January 15, 2010. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage near Port-au-Prince. REUTERS/David Shen/U.S. Navy photo
A H-53 helicopter carries a load of supplies from the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier toward Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 15, 2010. The daunting task of rescue operations began onboard the carrier equipped with 19 helicopters transporting water, supplies and medical evacuations between the devastated island capital and the naval base. REUTERS/Hans Deryk
Pallets of bottled water wait to be loaded onto helicopters onboard the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier enroute to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 15, 2010. Rescue operations began onboard the carrier equipped with 19 helicopters transporting water, supplies and medical evacuations between the devastated island capital and the naval base. REUTERS/Hans Deryk
BALTIMORE – JANUARY 15: Supplies that will be loaded onto the Navy hospital ship U.S.N.S. Comfort sit at a pier January 15, 2010 in Baltimore, Maryland. The ship is set to leave for Haiti on a mission to help save lives after a powerful 7.0-strong earthquake struck and devastated the nation on January 12. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
BALTIMORE – JANUARY 15: Beds are prepared in the intensive care unit section of the Navy hospital ship U.S.N.S. Comfort during a media tour of the ship January 15, 2010 in Baltimore, Maryland. The ship is set to leave for Haiti on a mission to help save lives after a powerful 7.0-strong earthquake struck and devastated the nation on January 12. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
BALTIMORE – JANUARY 15: Workers load bottle waters onto the flight deck of the Navy hospital ship U.S.N.S. Comfort at a pier January 15, 2010 in Baltimore, Maryland. The ship is set to leave for Haiti on a mission to help save lives after a powerful 7.0-strong earthquake struck and devastated the nation on January 12. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
BALTIMORE – JANUARY 15: Equipment is displayed in the emergency room section of the Navy hospital ship U.S.N.S. Comfort during a media tour of the ship January 15, 2010 in Baltimore, Maryland. The ship is set to leave for Haiti on a mission to help save lives after a powerful 7.0-strong earthquake struck and devastated the nation on January 12. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
BALTIMORE – JANUARY 15: A mannequin is placed on the CT scanner on the Navy hospital ship U.S.N.S. Comfort during a media tour of the ship January 15, 2010 in Baltimore, Maryland. The ship is set to leave for Haiti on a mission to help save lives after a powerful 7.0-strong earthquake struck and devastated the nation on January 12. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
A U.S. rescue team evacuates a U.S. citizen by helicopter from the remains of his house three days after a major earthquake hit the capital Port-au-Prince January 15, 2010. Thousands of people left hurt or homeless in Haiti’s earthquake begged for food, water and medical assistance on Friday as the world rushed to deliver aid to survivors before their despair turned to anger. REUTERS/Kena Betancur
Russian rescuer Ilya Zaslavsky gives water to his dog Perets while they look for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti, in the capital Port-au-Prince, January 15, 2010. Thousands of people left hurt or homeless in Haiti’s earthquake begged for food, water and medical assistance on Friday as the world rushed to deliver aid to survivors before their despair turned to anger. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva
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[Gallery] Emergenza Haiti: il dispositivo militare – parte 1
Le prime foto del dispiegamento militare a supporto della popolazione haitiana.
Jordanian military officers load humanitarian aid and supplies onto a c-130 to be sent to earthquake-ravaged Haiti, in Amman airport January 14, 2010. Troops and planeloads of food and medicine streamed in to Haiti to aid a traumatized nation still rattled by aftershocks from the catastrophic earthquake that flattened homes and government buildings and buried countless people. Jordan is sending 6 tons of humanitarian aid to earthquake-ravaged Haiti and will dispatch a mobile field hospital to Haiti to help treat the wounded. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed
Airmen from the Ohio National Guard’s Mansfield-based 179th Airlift Wing unload supplies Jan. 13, 2010, from their C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft, the first to land in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, following a devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. Two C-130 aircraft and five crews from the Mansfield unit are supporting relief efforts. U.S. Air Force photo
MIAMI (Jan. 13, 2010) — A U.S. Southern Command assessment team boards a C-130 Hercules aircraft en route to Haiti to support U.S. relief efforts there following the massive Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated the Caribbean nation. The team will work with U.S. embassy personnel as well as Haitian, United Nations and international officials to assess the situation and facilitate follow on U.S. military support. (Photo by Tech Sgt. Santita Mitchell, U.S. Southern Command Public Affairs)
NORFOLK (Jan. 14, 2009) C-2A Greyhound transport aircraft from the Rawhides of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) 40 prepare to deploy supporting the first wave of earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. This is part of a larger relief effort spearheaded by the U.S. government to help those affected by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Scott D. Cohen/Released)
JACKSON, Miss. — Members of the 172nd Mississippi Air National Guard is headed to Haiti to help with earthquake recovery, state officials said Thursday.
MIAMI (Jan. 13, 2010) — A U.S. Southern Command assessment team boards a C-130 Hercules aircraft en route to Haiti to support U.S. relief efforts there following the massive Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated the Caribbean nation. The team will work with U.S. embassy personnel as well as Haitian, United Nations and international officials to assess the situation and facilitate follow on U.S. military support. (Photo by Tech Sgt. Santita Mitchell, U.S. Southern Command Public Affairs)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Jan 13, 2010) SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters assigned to Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 7 depart Naval Air Station Jacksonville to embark aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) en route to Haiti. The squadron and several Navy vessels are underway to render humanitarian assistance after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean nation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gary B. Granger Jr./Released)
NORFOLK (Jan. 12, 2009) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) departs Naval Station Norfolk. Carl Vinson is underway following a four-year refueling and complex overhaul to take part in Southern Seas 2010. After completing Southern Seas, Carl Vinson will change homeport from Norfolk, Va. to San Diego, Calif. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Rafael Martie/Released)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – JANUARY 14: UN soldiers sit in an armored vehicle two days after a powerful earthquake struck January 14, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti January 12 causing widespread devastation and fatalities estimated in the tens of thousands. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
Humanitarian aid sit on a pier next to Mexican hospital cargo ship “Huasteco” in the port of Veracruz before heading to Haiti, January 14, 2010. Troops and planeloads of food and medicine streamed in to Haiti on Thursday to aid a traumatized nation still rattled by aftershocks from the catastrophic earthquake that flattened homes and government buildings and buried countless people. REUTERS/Martin Lara Reyna
U.S. Airmen with the 1st Special Operations Wing (SOW), Hurlburt Field, Fla., load gear onto a C-130E Hercules aircraft departing for Haiti Jan. 13, 2010. Airmen assigned to the 1st SOW will be part of a U.S. humanitarian relief mission to the earthquake-stricken country. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jason Epley/Released)
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Wilburn, an aviation maintenance technician from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., guides U.S. personnel affected by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti Tuesday, to a waiting HC-130 Hercules aircraft, Jan. 13, 2010, as part of the U.S. Government’s continued humanitarian assistance and disaster response efforts. Wednesday, Coast Guard personnel from Air Station Clearwater, Fla., worked to evacuate nearly 140 U.S. personnel from Haiti. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Mariana O’Leary.
Paratroopers of Bravo Troop, 1-73 Cav, 2nd Brigade Combat team, 82nd Airborne Division move out to buses heading for Green Ramp at Pope Air Force Base early Jan. 14 to deploy in support of the earthquake that occurred in the capital of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The 2nd BCT is the 82nd Airborne Division’s Global Response Force that has been training for real world emergency response missions.
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter transports an injured American to U.S. Naval Hospital Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Jan.13, 2010. The injured is one of four Americans from the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, brought to the Naval Station to receive medical care for traumatic injuries sustained in the earthquake that struck the region. The victims were stabilized by hospital personnel before they were medically evacuated to the U.S. for further treatment. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Bill Mesta
A UH-60 Blackhawk from the Puerto Rico Army National Guard prepares to takeoff
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chuck Massing, a C-130 Hercules aircraft loadmaster assigned to the 6th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla., unloads gear to be loaded onto a C-130E Hercules aircraft before departing for Haiti Jan. 13, 2010. Airmen assigned to the 1st Special Operations Wing will be part of a U.S. humanitarian relief mission to the earthquake-stricken country. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jason Epley/Released)
Relief workers and search and rescue teams use March Air Reserve Base, Calif., as a staging area to assemble supplies, people and equipment Jan. 13, 2010, following the recent magnitude 7 earthquake in Haiti. All will be loaded on a C-17 Globemaster III and flown into Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The aircraft is assigned to the 60th Air Wing at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Roy Santana)
Airmen load onto an MC-130H Combat Talon II before departing for Haiti Jan. 13, 2010 at Hurlburt Field, Fla. These Airmen will participate in the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief mission in Haiti. The Airmen are assigned to the Air Force Special Operations Command. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Matthew Loken)
Relief workers and search and rescue teams use March Air Reserve Base, Calif., as a staging area to assemble supplies, people and equipment Jan. 13, 2010, following the recent magnitude 7 earthquake in Haiti. All will be loaded on a C-17 Globemaster III and flown into Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The aircraft is assigned to the 60th Air Wing at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Roy Santana)
An RQ-4 Global Hawk, like the one pictured above, was launched from Beale Air Force Base, Calif., Jan. 13, 2010, to assist with the humanitarian aid mission in Haiti after the country suffered a 7.0 magnitude earthquake Jan. 12, 2010. The Global Hawk is primarily used to record intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data and its large coverage area makes it a useful tool for recording data and sending it to warfighters on the ground. (Courtesy photo)
An aerial view of the damaged Presidential Palace in Haiti from a U.S. Air Force Global Hawk unmanned aircraft Jan. 14. Aerial images are providing U.S. military planners valuable situation awareness as they coordinate U.S. military support to the Haiti relief effort. (Release by U.S. Southern Command)
An aerial view of the damaged National Cathedral in Haiti from a U.S. Air Force Global Hawk unmanned aircraft Jan. 14. (Release by U.S. Southern Command)
An aerial view of earthquake victims gathering in a soccer field in Haiti from a U.S. Air Force Global Hawk unmanned aircraft Jan. 14. (Release by U.S. Southern Command)
The Navy hospital ship Comfort, docked in Baltimore, will soon be in Haitian waters. The ship will leave for Haiti Saturday morning.
Defense Supply Center Richmond, Va., supplies the military with cargo straps like those seen here, which are used to secure aircraft cargo during flight.
Defense Supply Center Richmond, Va., supplies the military with parts and supplies for reverse-osmosis water purification units like the one seen in use here by the Marine Corps during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Master Sgt. Edward D. Kniery
NORFOLK (Jan. 14, 2010) The amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) departs Naval Station Norfolk to provide humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brian Goodwin/Released)
ORFOLK (Jan. 14, 2010) A landing craft air cushion (LCAC) approaches the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) as it prepares to depart Naval Station Norfolk to provide humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Rafael Martie/Released)
LITTLE CREEK, Va. (Jan. 14, 2010) The amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) departs Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story to provide humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Amanda Watson/Released)
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