Senior Airmen Dan Simonsen and Marcus Wright, loadmasters, and Capt. Russell Neice, C-130J pilot, sit on the back of the aircraft parked on the ramp at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, in between missions on Nov. 15, 2012. They are assigned to the 772nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron and are deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Tristan Hinderliter)