Aerial porters wrangle experience from Roundup

Senior Airman Michael Boehm, a member of the 32nd Aerial Port Squadron, guides a HUMVEE out of a C-130 aircraft in the engines running off/on load event during the 22nd Air Force?s Aerial Port Roundup at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., March 13-15, 2009. This was the first competition of its kind for the reservist from Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pa. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. J. Justin Pearce)

March gets ninth C-17

People check out "The Spirit of Los Angeles" after it arrived at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Jan. 23, 2009. The aircraft is the ninth C-17 Globemaster III to join Air Force Reserve Command's 452nd Air Mobility Wing. The plane came from the 437th Airlift Wing, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., which acquired it in 1998. About 16 of the aircraft were built last year for delivery to Regular Air Force units to replace their older C-17s. (U.S. Air Force photo/Will Alexander)

Media, celebrities receive bird's eye view of mission

A C-17A Globemaster III receives fuel from a KC-135R Stratotanker during an aerial refueling mission over the Southwest United States, Nov. 12. Both aircraft are from Air Force Reserve Command's 452nd Air Mobility Wing at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., and took part in a media flight for Los Angeles Air Force Week. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Rick Sforza)

AFRC commander sees 'MAFFS' first hand

A C-130H delivers a powerful blast of water Nov. 12 during a modular airborne firefighting system, or 'MAFFS' demonstration in Lincoln County, Colo. The demonstration was part of an up-close look of the 302nd Airlift Wing during a visit with Lt. Gen. Charles Stenner, Jr., commander of Air Force Reserve Command. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephen Collier)

Hurricane Hunters Track Ike

A WC-130J Hurricane Hunter takes off for a mission into the eye of Hurricane Ike. With the exception of two palletized weather stations, the WC-130J is not modified for missions into hurricanes and other troical weather. The aircraft is manned by U.S. Air Force Reservists from the 53rd Weather Reconniassance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. James B. Pritchett)

Hurricane Hunters Track Ike

Waiting for pilots to start the engines, Tech. Sgt. Scott Blair, weather reconnaissance loadmaster, checks over the WC-130J Hurricane Hunter aircraft before departing for a mission into the eye of Hurricane Ike. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. James B. Pritchett)