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Tech. Sgt. Kurt Nemecek watches as the ramp of a C-5 Galaxy is lowered to load two Army Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicles June 25 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. The C-5 can carry all of the Army's air-transportable combat equipment. Sergeant Nemecek is a 9th Airlift Squadron flight engineer from Dover Air Force Base, Del. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)

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C-5 Galaxy crewmembers along with aerial port Airmen assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron load an Army Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle onto a C-5 Galaxy June 25 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. With a maximum cargo weight of 270,000 pounds the C-5 can carry more than any other Air Force airlifter. The C-5 is from Dover Air Force Base, Del. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)

Hercules, Globemaster IIIs support joint training

Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division jump from a C-17 Globemaster III during Joint Forcible Entry Exercise June 18 at Fort Bragg, N.C. The exercise is a joint airdrop exercise designed to enhance service cohesiveness between Army and Air Force members, allowing both services an opportunity to properly execute large-scale heavy equipment and troop movement. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey)

Hercules, Globemaster IIIs support joint training

Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division jump from a C-130 Hercules during Joint Forcible Entry Exercise June 18 at Fort Bragg, N.C. The exercise is a joint airdrop exercise designed to enhance service cohesiveness between Army and Air Force members, allowing both services an opportunity to properly execute large-scale heavy equipment and troop movement. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jacob N. Bailey)

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Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division jump from a C-17 Globemaster III during a joint exercise June 18 at Fort Bragg, N.C. The exercise enhances cohesiveness between services, allowing an opportunity to move large-scale heavy equipment and troops. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua DeMotts)

Reserve C-130s called in to fight California wildfires

Two Modular Airborne Firefighting System configured C-130 Hercules from the Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., are being dispatched to California to help fight wildfires there. In 2007 the 302nd AW flew 76 sorties against fires in Southern California discharging more than 200,000 gallons of retardant protecting more than 2,000 homes, saving thousands of lives and preventing an estimated $1.1 billion in property loss. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Jody L. Ritchie)