C-130 Hercules - 'Herc' maintenance

SOUTHWEST ASIA—Senior Airman Dominick Rodriguez (left) and Staff Sgt. Brooke Skalany replace clamps on a C-130 Hercules engine’s air bleed-down system. The system helps the engines start through air compression. The maintainers are deployed to the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron here from the 463rd AMS at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark.Their unit maintains aircraft that conduct operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo)