Keep 'em flying Published Sept. 5, 2002 OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (AFPN) -- Airman 1st Class Robert Parson, a 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron crew chief, inspects the rear turbine of a C-130 Hercules before the aircraft departs on a mission supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Parson and other members of the 777th EAS are from the 317th Airlift Group at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, and are currently serving at a forward-deployed location. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Marc Barnes)