8/1/2007 - Airmen from the 437th Aerial Port Squadron at Charleston AFB, S.C., load a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected armored vehicle on a C-17 Globemaster III for shipment to Iraq July 28. An estimated 3,500 MRAP vehicles are expected to be in Iraq by Dec. 31. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

8/1/2007 - Tech. Sgt. Brad Hughes double-checks the load information on a pair of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected armored vehicles after they are loaded on a C-17 Globemaster III at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., for shipment to Iraq July 28. An estimated 3,500 MRAP vehicles are expected to be in Iraq by Dec. 31. Sergeant Hughes is a loadmaster with the 317th Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

8/1/2007 - Airmen from the 437th Aerial Port Squadron at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., chain down a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected armored vehicle on a C-17 Globemaster III for shipment to Iraq July 28. An estimated 3,500 MRAP vehicles are expected to be in Iraq by Dec. 31. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

8/1/2007 - Bill Leeson of the 437th Aerial Port Squadron at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., loads a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected armored vehicle on a C-17 Globemaster III for shipment to Iraq July 28. An estimated 3,500 MRAP vehicles are expected to be in Iraq by Dec. 31. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

8/1/2007 - Airmen from the 437th Aerial Port Squadron at Charleston AFB, S.C., load a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected armored vehicle on a C-17 Globemaster III for shipment to Iraq July 28. An estimated 3,500 MRAP vehicles are expected to be in Iraq by Dec. 31. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)

8/1/2007 - Airman 1st Class Michael Purcell chains down a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected armored vehicle on a C-17 Globemaster III at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., for shipment to Iraq July 28. An estimated 3,500 MRAP vehicles are expected to be in Iraq by Dec. 31. Airman Purcell is assigned to the 437th Aerial Port Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross)