Special delivery
Senior Master Sgt. Ted Poplarchik (right) and Master Sgt. Bruce Leehan clean up used rigging during their flight back to their deployed base Thursday, March 9, 2006. Their crew just delivered 24,000 pounds of material to three different forward operating bases miles from the Pakistan border. Sergeant Poplarchik is with 144th Airlift Squadron, Kulis Air National Guard Base, Alaska, and Sergeant Leehan is with Oklahoma Air National Guard's 185th Airlift Squadron at Will Rogers World Airport. Both are deployed to the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)