MONGOLIA SPACE DEBRIS MISSION
During a space debris retrieval mission in August, 2011, veteran airlift crew members from March Air Reserve Base, Calif., said Mongolia seemed much unchanged since the military's first flight into the country in 1991. Here a village sits on a hill overlooking the Chinngis Khaan International Airport in Mongolia, Aug. 26, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Linda Welz)
A Mongolian village sits on a hill overlooking the airport where the March C-17 picked up the rocket debris.