C-130s - Airmen teach C-130 ops to Iraqi students, learn about sacrifice

ALI BASE, Iraq—Senior Master Sgt. James Baarda teaches an Iraqi air force student to operate a bulldog winch used to load rolling stock cargo and equipment. He is part of a crew of more than 30 instructors teaching more than 100 Iraqi airmen how to fly and maintain C-130s here. Sergeant Baarda is a loadmaster instructor assigned to the 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron and is deployed from Yokota Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jamie Shultz)