C-17A Globemaster III - HALO drop

OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM - Master Sgt. John Buzby (left), a physiological technician from Kadena Air Base, Japan, and Master Sgt. Ron Pierce, a C-17A Globemaster III loadmaster from the 7th Airlift Squadron at McChord Air Force Base, Wash., prepare for the release of containers during an High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) air drop over northern Afghanistan on Dec. 15. Two other C-17s dropped 17,000 humanitarian daily rations, 72 containers of wheat and blankets, bringing the total number of HDRs delivered to more than 2.5 million, Dec. 16. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott Reed)