C-130 Hercules - Inside the beast

ALI BASE, Iraq—Senior Airman Chad Hedrick inspects a C-130 Hercules after its return from a mission. The 407th Air Expeditionary Group’s Airmen operate C-130s and train more than 100 Iraqi airmen to maintain and fly the aircraft. Airman Hedrick is assigned to the 777th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and is deployed from Ramstein Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Maurice Hessel)