Operation Iraqi Freedom
ALI BASE, Iraq -- The sun sets behind Staff Sgt. Bud Sommerville and his C-130 Hercules on the on the aircraft ramp here. Sergeant Sommerville -- of the 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron -- went up the step ladder Oct. 18 to install an inlet plug in the transport's engine housing. This base's 407th Air Expeditionary Group operates C-130 Hercules and trains more than 100 Iraqi Airmen on how to maintain and fly the cargo airplanes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Paul Dean)