Leaving on a jet plane
The sun sets behind a C-17 Globemaster III as Airmen guide a K-loader into position Nov. 17 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Airmen at the aerial port at Joint Base Balad move more cargo per year than Dover Air Force Base, Del.; Charleston AFB, S.C.; and Travis AFB, Calif., combined. The C-17 is deployed from the 437th Airlift Wing at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson)