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NEW ORLEANS (AFPN) -- Plowing through 5 feet of water and providing fuels assistance to those who request it is not the typical job for an Air Force fuels team, but here they did what needed to be done. A fuels team with the 2nd Logistics Readiness Squadron left Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Sept. 1 to assist with helicopter refueling in response to Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts. With them, the team brought two R-11 jet fuel trucks and a C-300 1,200 gallon ground product truck. While en route, the team was told their mission was relocated to Joint...