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C-17 makes first flight on synthetic fuel blend

A C-17 Globemaster III taxis past the control tower at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on Oct. 19, 2007. The early-morning flight marked the first flight of the C-17 using a Fischer-Tropsch synthetic fuel blend in one of its engines. All four engines ran the fuel blend in subsequent tests. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jim Shryne)

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Total force provides seamless airlift support

Airmen load 25,000 pounds of cargo onto a C-130 Hercules Jan. 9 at Aviano Air Base, Italy. A six-member Air National Guard-based crew from the 143rd Airlift Wing at Quonset State Airport near Providence, Rhode Island, delivered the cargo to Zaragoza Air Base, Spain, in support of a month-long training exercise for a dozen F-16 Fighting Falcons. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Scott Wagers)

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Time to go to work

The propeller blades for a C-130 Hercules aircraft sit on the flight line Jan. 14 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, waiting to be installed. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Kenny Holston)

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Servicemembers search for POW/MIAs on Wake Island

A C-17 Globemaster III sits on the flightline Jan. 12 at Wake Island. The C-17, from the 15th Airlift Wing from Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, brought members of Pacific Air Forces headquarters to conduct a site survey of the island. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)

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Tactical airlift key to winning war on terrorism

A C-130 Hercules taxies on the runway after the crew picked up military members from a forward operating base in Iraq Jan 11 at a Southwest Asia air base. C-130s assigned to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing moved more than 4,500 tons of cargo and 33,500 passengers during this air and space expeditionary rotation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Travis Edwards)

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Practice makes perfect

A C-17 Globemaster III flies over the Kahuku Training Range in Hawaii Jan. 7 during an airdrop training mission. C-17s and their crews, from the 535th Airlift Squadron at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, are conducting two-ship airdrops at the range as part of their currency training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)

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It's going to be a good flight

Staff Sgt. John Eller conducts pre-flights check on his C-17 Globemaster III Jan. 3 prior to taking off from Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii for a local area training mission. Sgt. Eller is a loadmaster from the 535th Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)

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C-5A Galaxy testing

A giant C-5A Galaxy test aircraft from Lockheed flies above California. The aircraft underwent testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., from 1969 to 1973. It impressively demonstrated its heavy-lifting capability when one of the test aircraft took off with a gross weight of 798,200 pounds -- nearly 30,000 pounds more than its maximum design weight. (Courtesy photo)

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C-5A Galaxy participates in Cactus Aloha

A C-5A Galaxy from the 68th Airlift Squadron in San Antonio waits for its passengers at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., in 2006. The C-5 crew flew reservists and equipment from the 482nd Fighter Wing in support of exercise Cactus Aloha at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Thomas Davis)

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First C-5A assigned to 445 Airlift Wing

A crowd of 350 greeted the first C-5A Galaxy assigned to the Air Force Reserve Command's 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, during an arrival ceremony Oct. 3, 2005. The giant cargo hauler is replacing the retiring C-141 Starlifter fleet. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Charles K. Miller)

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YC-15 Advanced Medium Short-Takeoff transport concept demonstrator

The YC-15 Advanced Medium Short-Takeoff transport concept demonstrator from McDonnell Douglas flies over Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The aircraft made its first flight Aug. 26, 1976. (Courtesy photo)

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Hickam's C-17s deliver anywhere

A C-17 Globemaster III pulls up over the Kahuku Training Range Jan. 7 after conducting a dry pass for an airdrop over Oahu, Hawaii. The C-17s and their crews, from the 535th Airlift Squadron, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, are conducting two-ship airdrops at the Kahuku Training range as part of their currency training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)

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Hickam's C-17s deliver anywhere

Maj. Pete Axtell and Capt. Mark Fischer fly in a C-17 Globemaster III two-ship formation Jan. 7 over Oahu, Hawaii. The Airmen, from the 535th Airlift Squadron, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, are conducting airdrops at the Kahuku Training range as part of their currency training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)

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Hickam's C-17s deliver anywhere

Ground and aircrew members prepare a C-17 Globemaster III to depart on a local two-ship airdrop training mission Jan. 7 from Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. The C-17s and aircrew members are from the 535th Airlift Squadron, and are conducting the airdrops as part of their currency training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)

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C-17's first flight

The versatile C-17 Globemaster III transport completed it first flight Nov. 15, 1991 at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (Courtesy photo)

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Time to get to work

Maintainers with the 721st Air Mobility Operations Group at Balad Air Base, Iraq, remove the panels on a C-5 Galaxy to perform maintenance. The Airmen are deployed from Travis Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Terri Barriere)

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Airlifters take wing

Fifteen C-17 Globemaster IIIs from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., fly over the city of Charleston's Arthur J. Ravenel Bridge Dec. 20 during a training exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.)

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Flying green!

This C-17 Globemaster III, sitting on the ramp at McChord AFB, Wash., made an historic transcontinental flight Dec. 17, flying to McGuire AFB, N.J., using a blend of regular aviation and synthetic fuel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Clay Lancaster)

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A Globemaster goes green

A C-17 Globemaster III flies over New York city after completing the first transcontinental flight on synthetic fuel. The airlifter flew from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., to McGuire AFB, N.J. (U.S. Air Force photo/Randy Hepp)

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C-17 uses synthetic fuel blend on transcontinental flight

A C-17 Globemaster III flies over New York City after completing the first transcontinental flight on synthetic fuel Dec. 17. The C-17 took off before dawn from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., and landed in the early afternoon at McGuire AFB, N.J. (U.S. Air Force)

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