C-130 Hercules - North Carolina guardsmen make combat airdrop in Afghanistan

SOUTHWEST ASIA—Staff Sgt. Chad Wells prepares to open the ramp before an airdrop mission over an Afghanistan drop zone. Sergeant Wells is a C-130 Hercules loadmaster with the 738th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at a forward-deployed location. He is one of six Air National Guard aircrew members from the North Carolina Air National Guard’s 156th Airlift Squadron deployed here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Carlos Diaz)