Herculean support for convoys
Col. Donald Kimminau and Capt. Jesse Caldwell look on as cargo is brought up to the aircraft for loading May 7 at Balad Air Base, Iraq. Members of the 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron help prevented convoy vehicles and servicemembers from traveling along improvised explosive device-laden Iraqi roads by airlifting troops and supplies throughout the area of operations. Colonel Kimminau is the 332nd Expeditionary Operations Group deputy commander deployed from Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., and Captain Caldwell is a 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron aircraft commander deployed from Little Rock AFB, Ark. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)