1st Lt. Ed Ladd checks the ramp prior to the engine start on a C-130 Hercules during an Operation Enduring Freedom mission April 16 from Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. Lieutenant Ladd is a co-pilot assigned to the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron and deployed from the 105th Airlift Squadron from Nashville, Tenn. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway)