Predator in Puerto Rico
U.S. Air Force Technical Sgt. Ron Zechman, predator sensor operator, and Maj. Jeff Bright, predator pilot and detachment commander, 432nd Wing, Creech Air Force Base, Nevada conduct pre-flight checklists on an RQ-1 Predator at Aeropuerto Rafael Hernandez outside Aguadilla, Puerto Rico on 28 Jan., 2010. The RQ-1 remotely piloted systems are operating out of Puerto Rico in support of Operation Unified Response in Haiti. Airmen from Creech Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nev. are providing 24 hour a day full-motion video in real time to international relief workers on the ground in order to speed humanitarian aid to remote and cut-off areas of the country following the earthquake on 12 Jan., 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jaime Mendez)