Howitzer takes flight
Staff Sgt. Harold Gray fastens one of 29 chains to the floor securing the Netherlander Howitzer 2000 on a C-17 Globemaster III at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 6. Sergeant Gray is an air transportation journeyman with Ramstein's 723rd Air Mobility Squadron. The 60-ton tank will be flown to Afghanistan on board a C-17 from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. John Lasky)