C-130 Hercules - Loader in waiting

SOUTHWEST ASIA—(From left) Master Sgt. Dean Cook, Staff Sgt. Robert Alexander and Senior Airman Robert Charron push a pallet into position aboard a C-130 Hercules before a flight into Iraq. The Airmen are assigned to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing at a forward-deployed location providing tactical airlift supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant Cook is a loadmaster assigned to the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. Sergeant Alexander and Airman Charron are assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Aaron Burgstein)