C-130 Hercules - Loader in waiting

SOUTHWEST ASIA—Master Sgt. Dean Cook motions for Senior Airman Robert Charron to move his forklift and its pallet of cargo forward as Senior Airman Raymond Castoreno guides it into a C-130 Hercules. All three 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. Airman Charron and Airman Castoreno are assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Aaron Burgstein)