Iraqi Air Force receives three C130J aircraft

Iraqi officials, Lockhead Martin Senior Leaders and Air Force leaders pose for a picture in front of the C-130J that will be delivered to Iraq from Marietta, GA, Dec 12, 2012. From left to right: Jack Crisler, Lockheed Martin Vice President Business Development, Colonel John Drohan, DCMA Commander Marietta, Iraqi Interpreter, Staff Colonel, Sameer Fareed, Abdul Hameed, C-130 Command Pilot, Staff Brigadier General Ali Alaaragy, Iraqi Defense Attaché in Washington, DC, Staff Brigadier General Mohammed Abdulkareem Awni AL-SAADI, New Al Muthana Air Base Commander, Shan Cooper, Lockheed Martin Vice President and Site General Manager Marietta, Staff Lt. Gen. Anwer Hamad Amen, Iraqi Air Force Commander, Heidi Grant, Deputy Under Secretary of the U.S. Air Force, International Affairs George Shultz, Lockheed Martin Vice President and General Manager C-130 Programs, Major General Frederick Martin, OSC-1 , George Standridge, Lockheed Martin Vice President Business Development, Lt. Col. Hamid Madab Hussien Al-Imara. (Courtesy photo by Lockhead Martin’s Damien A. Guarnieri)

Iraqi Air Force receives three C130J aircraft

Lockheed Martin delivered three C-130J Super Hercules to the Iraqi Air Force, two months ahead of schedule, the third of which departed the Marietta, GA, Dec 12, 2012. The Iraqi Air Force will use the airlifters for intra-theater support for its troops and to provide humanitarian relief operations in various locations. (Courtesy photo by Lockhead Martin)

Iraqi Air Force receives three C130J aircraft

Staff Lt. Gen. Anwer Hamad Amen, Iraqi Air Force Commander, shakes hands with Heidi Grant, Deputy Under Secretary of the U.S. Air Force, International Affairs, in the cockpit of the Iraqi Air Force's C-130J number three in Murietta, GA, Dec.12, 2012. (Courtesy photo by Lockhead Martin’s Damien Guarnieri)

Hurricane relief efforts

Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Burke, 137th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, directs a Southern California Edison utility vehicle as it is loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Nov. 1, 2012. Military bases across the nation are mobilizing to the northeast region of the country to restore electricity and provide humanitarian assistance, as currently more than two million people are without power. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Caroline Hayworth)

Papa AB, Hungary

Aerial porters of the Heavy Airlift Wing at Papa Air Base, Hungary remove pallets from a C-17 Globemaster III after a recent Swedish mission. The wing operates a fleet of three Globemaster III long-range cargo jets under the Strategic Airlift Capability program that consists of ten NATO nations Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and USA and two Partnership for Peace nations, Sweden and Finland. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

Papa AB, Hungary

Col. Keith Boone, Heavy Airlift Wing Commander, oversees the strategic airlift operations and personnel of 12 different nations of the Strategic Airlift Capability Program at Papa Air Base, Hungary. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)