Bagram 'first'

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- A C-5 Galaxy, the Air Force's largest airlift platform, landed here without interruption to flight operations for the first time Sept. 21. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Jamie Cabral)

All Clear to load

Staff Sgt. Shawna Warren, a Reserve loadmaster with the 433rd Airlift Wing, gives a thumbs up to Senior Master Sgt. Gary Hochenberger as he drives a backhoe onto an Alamo Wing C-5A. Senior Airman Ionatana Cipili and Sergeant Warren loaded eight various construction vehicles into the cargo hold of the C-5. The equipment, stored in Hawaii, is being transferred to the Washoe Tribe in Nevada as part of a Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office program to provide much needed equipment to organizations like the Washoe Tribe. Equipment is used for wildfire prevention, infastructure repair and construction and transporting the valuable machinery gives practical, realistic training to military members while they meet the needs of organizations around the country. (US Air Force Photo/ Staff Sgt. Carlos Trevino)

Pakistan relief efforts

HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii -- Loadmasters Tech. Sgt. Mike Lopez, Senior Airman Marcial Cadena and Staff Sgt. Joe Nicholes, check a technical order before loading a CH-47 Chinook heavy lift helicopter onto their C-5 Galaxy here. The Airmen from the Air Force Reserve 433rd Airlift Wing, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, helped ferry 60 troops, four helicopters and support equipment to Pakistan to support earthquake relief operations Oct. 16. The Soldiers are from Company B, 214th Aviation Regiment of the 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment at nearby Wheeler Army Air Field. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)

EMERGENCY OFF-LOAD

050831-F-7835B-001 LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT, La. - Senior Airman Jonathan R. Ash and Tech. Sgt. Ava M. Swedock, 337th Airlift Squadron loadmasters, help a Federal Emergency Management Agency worker drive an emergency vehicle off a C-5 Galaxy Aug. 31. C-5s from Air Force Reserve Commands 439th Airlift Wing, Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., airlifted FEMA teams from California to Louisiana as part of Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andrew Biscoe)

Pakistan relief efforts

HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii -- Airmen and Soldiers load a CH-47 Chinook heavy lift helicopter onto a C-5 Galaxy here. Company B, 214th Aviation Regiment of the 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment at nearby Wheeler Army Air Field, received orders to deploy 60 troops, four helicopters and support equipment to Pakistan to support earthquake relief operations. A total force team here helped load the aircraft Oct. 16. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)