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Off to the rodeo

POPE AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. -- Airmen of the base's rodeo team load pallets onto a C-130 Hercules here June 15 in preparation for their departure. The team leaves June 18 for McChord Air Force Base, Wash., where the international mobility competition will take place. Teams from active-duty Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, Air National Guard units and teams from allied nations will participate in the weeklong event. (U.S. Air Force photo by Dave Davenport)

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Hercules supply mission

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Staff Sgt. John Brockman inspects containerized delivery system pallets onboard a K-loader at Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan. Each humanitarian pallet contained basic medical supplies, food and blankets. The pallets were airdropped from a C-130 Hercules to Soldiers in rural areas of Afghanistan, and the supplies were distributed to needy villagers in the local area. Sergeant Brockman is a loadmaster with the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at a forward-deployed location and is from Pope Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Al Gerloff)

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Hercules supply mission

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Staff Sgt. Jeremy Sebolboro reviews airdrop procedures while troops prepare containerized delivery system pallets onboard a C-130 Hercules. Each pallet contained basic medical supplies, food and blankets. The pallets were airdropped by a C-130 to Soldiers in rural areas of Afghanistan, and the supplies were distributed to needy villagers in the local area. Sergeant Sebolboro is a loadmaster with the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at a forward-deployed location and is from Pope Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Al Gerloff)

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Hercules supply mission

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Eugenia Emmons, a parachute rigger, prepares containerized delivery system pallets onboard a C-130 Hercules. The pallets containing basic medical supplies, food and blankets were later airdropped to Soldiers in rural areas of Afghanistan who distributed the supplies to needy villagers in the local area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Al Gerloff)

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Hercules supply mission

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Staff Sgt. John Brockman reviews airdrop procedures while onboard a C-130 Hercules en route to Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan, to pick up pallets containing medical supplies, food and blankets. The pallets were airdropped by a C-130 Hercules to Soldiers in rural areas of Afghanistan, and the supplies were distributed to needy villagers in the local area. Sergeant Brockman is a loadmaster with the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at a forward-deployed location and is from Pope Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Al Gerloff)

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Hercules supply mission

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Maj. Chip Brown (left) and Maj. Bryan Wood fly their C-130 Hercules to Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan, to pick up pallets containing medical supplies, food and blankets. The pallets were airdropped to rural areas of Afghanistan where Soldiers distributed supplies to needy villagers in the local area. The Airmen are assigned to the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at a forward-deployed location and are from Pope Air Force Base, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Al Gerloff)

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Airmen join Soldiers taking Kenya military to new heights

KENYA -- Master Sgt. Dan Schmitz (conducts) a final check of a C-130 Hercules before departure June 6. More than 140 U.S. and Kenyan Army paratroopers left the Kenyan army base landing strip and made successful jumps during the three-day, 14-drop mission. Sergeant Schmitz is a crew chief with the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at a forward-deployed location. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Mark Munsey)

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Airmen join Soldiers taking Kenya military to new heights

KENYA -- Kenyan and American paratroopers board a C-130 Hercules en route to a drop zone June 6. More than 140 paratroopers left the Kenyan army base landing strip and made successful jumps during the three-day, 14-drop mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Mark Munsey)

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Airmen join Soldiers taking Kenya military to new heights

KENYA -- (Standing from left) Senior Airman Jon Kukielka and Tech. Sgt. Eric Wielinga confer on final airdrop procedures before opening cargo doors in the C-130 Hercules on June 6. The airdrops lasted three days and included 14 separate drops of U.S. and Kenyan Army paratroopers. The Airmen are loadmasters with the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at a forward-deployed location. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Mark Munsey)

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Desert dust in the wind

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A C-130 Hercules sits grounded because of poor visibility from an overnight sandstorm that brought 40 mph winds and a blanket of dust here recently. The C-130 is assigned to the 910th Airlift Wing in Youngstown, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Davidson)

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Hurricane Hunters fly first operation WC-130J mission

FILE PHOTO -- The WC-130J Hercules aircraft features a glass cockpit packed with the latest in computer assisted flight and navigational controls. These systems enhance the situational awareness of crews and allow them to focus on their in-flight tasks. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Hurricane Hunters track Pacific winter storms

A WC-130J on the apron at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, in 2003. The J-model allows aircrews to fly higher improving the winter storm forecast models. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Making the drop

FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- A C-130 Hercules drops U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division Soldiers over Normandy Range here May 10, during a joint forcible entry exercise (JFEX). JFEX is a joint airdrop exercise designed to enhance service cohesiveness between the U.S. Army and Air Force. It gives both services an opportunity to properly execute large scale heavy equipment and troop movement. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ricky A. Bloom)

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Cope Thunder training

OVER WHITE MOUNTAINS, Alaska -- An HC-130 refuels an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during Exercise Cope Thunder here April 28. The annual exercise involves nine units and about 600 Airmen and 50 aircraft from Pacific Air Forces, Air Combat Command and the Alaska Air National Guard. The helicopters are assigned to the 210th Rescue Squadron's Detachment 1 at nearby Eielson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Justin Weaver)

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Who nose?

KARSHI-KHANABAD AIR BASE, Uzbekistan -- C-130 Hercules maintenance Airmen repair a C-130's avionics system here April 28. The Airmen and aircraft are deployed to the 416th Air Expeditionary Group here supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

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Who nose?

KARSHI-KHANABAD AIR BASE, Uzbekistan -- A C-130 Hercules maintenance Airman replaces the radar in the nose of a C-130 here April 27. He and other Airmen of the 416th Air Expeditionary Group are deployed here supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

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C-17s get state-of-the-art home

MARCH AIR RESERVE BASE, Calif. -- Generators pump foam from a 700-gallon tank onto the floor of a new hangar built for the 452nd Air Mobility Wing's C-17 Globemaster IIIs during the final fire sprinkler foam test April 20. The wing is scheduled to begin receiving C-17s on Aug. 9. (U.S. Air Force photo by Erickson J. Barnes)

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C-130J testers accomplish first five-bundle sequential airdrop

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A J-model C-130 Hercules flies over a range here recently. Developmental test and evaluation on the model came to a head when testers successfully completed the first five-bundle sequential low velocity airdrop. (U.S. Air Force photo by Chad Bellay)

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C-130J testers accomplish first five-bundle sequential airdrop

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A J-model C-130 Hercules flies over a range here recently, successfully completing the first five-bundle sequential low velocity airdrop. The bundles weighed 40,100 pounds and landed 1,000 feet apart and only five yards off the planned impact point. (U.S. Air Force photo by Chad Bellay)

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Sun rise

MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- Two C-17 Globemaster IIIs sit on the flightline here as the sun rises April 12. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kevin J. Tosh Jr.)

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