Building bridges

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Lt. Col. Greg Staten, commander of the 349th Tanker Airlift Control Element, checks on current operations as his team unloads C-17 Globemaster IIIs from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., and McChord AFB, Wash. Operating 24 hours a day, the TALCE is key to maintaining troop and equipment movement for the Operation Iraqi Freedom air bridge. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Keith Reed)