Staff Sgt. James Rice and 1st Lt. Justin Fitzpatrick go through a preflight checklist to ensure all the control and pressure guages are working on the instrument panel prior to a C-130 Hercules departure on a passenger/cargo mission to Iraq May 13. Both Lieutenant Fitzpatrick and Sergeant Rice are deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. Sergeant Rice is a C-130 Hercules engineer, and Lieutenant Fitzpatrick is a co-pilot with the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael O'Connor)