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Soldiers returning home from a 14-month deployment in Iraq step-off of a C-130 Hercules May 13 at a Southwest Asian air base. The Soldiers are deployed from the A Battery, 1-10 Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 31st Division out of Fort Benning, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael O'Connor)

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Capt. Nancy Badgett goes through her preflight checklist before engine start-up May 13 at a Southwest Asian air base. Captain Badgett was the aircraft commander of a mission that dropped off and picked up Soldiers and civilians to and from an air base in Iraq. Captain Badgett is a C-130 Hercules pilot with the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael O'Connor)

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Senior Airman Joel Pfaff stands next to the rear left troop cargo door ensuring all passengers make it onboard safely during a passenger/cargo mission May 13 to an air base in Iraq. Airman Pfaff is a C-130 Hercules loadmaster with the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, and the Soldiers returning home from a 14-month deployment are from the A Battery, 1-10 Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 31st Division out of Fort Benning, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael O'Connor)

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Staff Sgt. Gabriel Molanders martials in Airman 1st Class Bryan Rogers who's delivering a baggage pallet for a group of Soldiers from Fort Benning, Ga., departing Iraq May 13. Sergeant Molanders is a C-130 Hercules loadmaster with the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, and Airman Rogers is an aerial porter with the 447th Air Expeditionary Group deployed from McGuire AFB, N.J. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael O'Connor)

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Senior Airman Joel Pfaff uses a personal digital assistant to compute the weight and balance of the aircraft prior to takeoff May 13 from an air base in Iraq. Airman Pfaff's job is to ensure the cargo and passengers are balanced correctly in the back of the aircraft. Airman Pfaff is a C-130 Hercules loadmaster with the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael O'Connor)

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Senior Airman Joel Pfaff martials in Airman 1st Class Bryan Rogers during a passenger and cargo download/upload mission May 13 at an air base in Iraq. Airman Pfaff is a C-130 Hercules loadmaster with the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, and Airman Rogers is an aerial porter from the 447th Air Expeditionary Group deployed from McGuire AFB, N.J. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael O'Connor)

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A C-130 Hercules assigned to the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron awaits its crew, passengers and cargo before being flown on a mission into Iraq May 13 from an air base in Southwest Asia. The 737th EAS is assigned to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing. The Airmen there received and processed more than 330,000 passengers and 48,000 tons of cargo, baggage and mail that were flown on more than 8,200 C-130 and C-17 Globemaster III missions since January. The C-130 is from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael O'Connor)

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Army 1st Lt. John Costello (front left) and 1st Lt. Ruben Ramos (front right) take a power nap in the back of a C-130 Hercules May 13 after departing an air base in Iraq. The Soldiers are returning home from a 14-month deployment in Iraq and are deployed from the A Battery, 1-10 Field Artillery, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 31st Division out of Fort Benning, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael O'Connor)

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Staff Sgt. James Rice and 1st Lt. Justin Fitzpatrick go through a preflight checklist to ensure all the control and pressure guages are working on the instrument panel prior to a C-130 Hercules departure on a passenger/cargo mission to Iraq May 13. Both Lieutenant Fitzpatrick and Sergeant Rice are deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. Sergeant Rice is a C-130 Hercules engineer, and Lieutenant Fitzpatrick is a co-pilot with the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael O'Connor)

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Published May 20, 2008

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