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C-5 - helicopter load exercise

A Marine AH-1Z Super Cobra attack helicopter is ready and configured to be test-loaded into a C-5C Galaxy. Airmen from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., and Marines from Camp Pendleton, Calif., came together at Travis AFB April 20 to determine how the helicopter best fit into the cargo bay of the C-5 and how many could be loaded at one time. The goal is to get helicopters into the area of responsibility faster and ultimately into the fight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

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C-5 / Helicopter Load Exercise

Marine Sgt. Destin Waldron is the top side spotter on a UH-1Y helicopter being maneuvered into a C-5C Galaxy. Airmen from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., and Marines from Camp Pendleton, Calif., came together at Travis AFB April 20 to determine how the helicopter best fit into the cargo bay of the C-5 and how many could be loaded at one time. The goal is to get helicopters into the area of responsibility faster and ultimately into the fight. Sergeant Waldron is a crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367 at Camp Pendleton. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

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C-5 - helicopter load exercise

A Marine AH-1Z Super Cobra attack helicopter is maneuvered into a C-5C Galaxy. Airmen from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., and Marines from Camp Pendleton, Calif., came together at Travis AFB April 20 to determine how the helicopter best fit into the cargo bay of the C-5 and how many could be loaded at one time. The goal is to get helicopters into the area of responsibility faster and ultimately into the fight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lance Cheung)

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On patrol

An Airman mans a machine gun on from an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during a proficiency exercise April 10 outside Baghdad, Iraq. The pararescueman is from the 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.)

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Easy on the approach

A B-52 Stratofortress crew prepares to take fuel April 16 from a KC-135 Stratotanker during a training mission. The B-52 from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., is one of eight long-range, subsonic, strategic bombers belonging to the 917th Wing. (Courtesy photo)

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24/7 response

Two firefighters respond to a simulated aircraft accident April 9 at Dover Air Force Base, Del., during a major accident response exercise. The Airmen are assigned to the 436th Civil Engineer Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tom Randle)

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It's a small world...

Two maintainers stand ready, waiting for fellow maintenance crews on the flightline April 9 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The combined efforts of Dover's C-17 and C-5 maintenance crews keep the base's Galaxy, Super Galaxy and Globemaster III aircraft in the sky. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tom Randle)

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Moving the Coast Guard

Airmen prepare to load a Coast Guard helicopter onto a C-17 Globemaster III April 7 at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. Two helicopters were delivered to Central America for missions there. The C-17 aircrew is from the Air Force Reserve's 315th Airlift Wing from Charleston AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Moving the Coast Guard

Two Coast Guard helicopters are loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III April 7 at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. The helicopters were delivered to Central America for missions there. The C-17 aircrew is from the Air Force Reserve's 315th Airlift Wing from Charleston AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Moving the Coast Guard

Senior Master Sgt. H. L. Wiggs helps secure a Coast Guard helicopter aboard a C-17 Globemaster III April 7 at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. The helicopters were delivered to Central America for missions there. Sergeant Wiggs is a reservist with the 701st Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Chett Collier)

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Moving the Coast Guard

Airmen load a Coast Guard helicopter onto a C-17 Globemaster III April 7 at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. Two helicopters were delivered to Central America for missions there. The C-17 aircrew is from the Air Force Reserve's 315th Airlift Wing from Charleston AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Chett Collier)

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Moving the Coast Guard

Airmen prepare to load a Coast Guard helicopter aboard a C-17 Globemaster III April 7 at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. Two helicopters were delivered to Central America for missions there. The C-17 aircrew is from the Air Force Reserve's 315th Airlift Wing from Charleston AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Chett Collier)

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Keeping a tally

Master Sgt. Mylo Gibson records the amount of fuel he transferred April 7 during a multinational exercise over the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Sergeant Gibson is a boom operator assigned to the 351st Air Refueling Squadron at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jerry Fleshman)

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Ramstein welcomes new J-model C-130

The first C-130J Super Hercules to be assigned to the Ramstein Air Base, Germany, fleet taxies under pressured water from two base fire trucks during an arrival ceremony April 7. The aircraft's owning unit, the 86th Airlift Wing, celebrated not only the arrival of the J-model during the ceremony, but also a new era in operations for the wing. This aircraft is the first of 14 J-models that are scheduled to arrive over the next 12 months to replace the older E-model Hercules stationed at Ramstein. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Kenny Holston)

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Ramstein welcomes new J-model C-130

Col. Donald Bacon, 435th Air Base Wing commander at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, helps marshal the first C-130J Super Hercules to be stationed there during an arrival ceremony, April 7. The aircraft's owning unit, the 86th Airlift Wing, celebrated not only the arrival of the J-model during the ceremony, but also a new era in operations for the wing. This aircraft is the first of 14 J-models that are scheduled to arrive over the next 12 months to replace the older E-model Hercules stationed there. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Amber Bressler)

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Ramstein welcomes new J-model C-130

Gen. Roger A. Brady, U.S. Air Forces in Europe commander, and Lt. Col. Craig Williams fly a new C-130J Super Hercules from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, to its new home station at Ramstein AB, Germany, as the USAFE host-nation advisor Dick Motz looks on. This J-model is the first of 14 aircraft that are scheduled to arrive at Ramstein over the next 12 months to replace the older E-models there. (Defense Department photo/Master Sgt. Scott Wagers)

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Ramstein welcomes new J-model C-130

Minutes after departure from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, Tech. Sgt. Greg Everett, a C-130J Super Hercules loadmaster, performs a visual inspection of the wings and engines of a new J-model with fewer than 24 hrs of logged flight time. The aircraft was completing the last leg of its trans-Atlantic journey from the aircraft assembly plant in Marietta, Ga. to its new home station at Ramstein AB, Germany. . This J-model is the first of 14 aircraft that are scheduled to arrive at Ramstein over the next 12 months to replace the older E-models there. (Defense Department photo/Master Sgt. Scott Wagers)

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Ramstein welcomes new J-model C-130

Prior to flying the C-130J Super Hercules sitting on the ramp at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, on the last leg of its trans-Atlantic journey from the aircraft assembly plant in Marietta, Ga., to its new home at Ramstein AB, Germany, Gen. Roger A. Brady, U.S. Air Forces in Europe commander, greets Staff Sgt. William Lau and fellow C-130J aircraft maintainers, pilots and load masters. General Brady flew the J-model from Spangdahlem to Ramstein. (Defense Department photo/Master Sgt. Scott Wagers)

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Ramstein welcomes new J-model C-130

Prior to take-off from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, C-130J Super Hercules pilots Major Matt Wehner (standing) and Lt. Col. Craig Williams (right seat) assist Gen. Roger A. Brady, U.S. Air Forces in Europe commander, in pre-flighting a J-model Hercules on the last leg of its trans-Atlantic journey from the aircraft assembly plant in Marietta, Ga., to its new home at Ramstein AB, Germany. The pilots are assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron at Ramstein. General Brady's host-nation advisor, Dick Motz, (left) had a front-row seat for the flight. (Defense Department photo/Master Sgt. Scott Wagers)

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379th AEW hosts navy F/A-18s

Lt. Cmdr. Doug Langenberg, a naval aviator from the U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt's Strike Fighter Squadron 213, talks about the F/A-18F Super Hornet March 17 with Airmen from the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing at an air base in Southwest Asia who assisted the Sailors as they participated in Exercise Eastern Angler. The exercise is a regular event designed to foster good relations and provide a crossflow of ideas between U.S. and host nation servicemembers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua Garcia)

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