SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Airman 1st Class Rommel Novico works on the wiring for a C-130 Hercules on Oct. 18 as the aircraft is prepared for a mission into Iraq. He is assigned to the 746th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron at a forward-deployed location and is from Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nicole Spence)