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Maj. Mike Steigerwald (right) and Capt. Brady Ohr view the control panel on their C-130 Hercules and surrounding airspace during a combat support flight over Southwest Asia on Wednesday, April 19, 2006. The reservists are deployed to the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron from the 327th Airlift Squadron at Willow Grove Air Reserve Station, Pa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)
An Air Force Reserve C-130 Hercules is readied for takeoff at Sather Air Base, Iraq, on Wednesday, April 19, 2006. The aircraft is from the 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)
Passengers board a U.S. Air Force Reserve C-130H Hercules aircraft at Sather Air Base, Iraq, April 20, 2006. The aircraft is from the 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Co. DoD photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung, U.S. Air Force. (Released)
Master Sgt. Keith Knepp lowers the cargo-loading ramp of a C-130 Hercules. Sergeant Knepp recently exceeded his 10,000th hour of aircrew experience. The reservist is deployed from the 327th Airlift Squadron at Willow Grove Air Reserve Station, Pa., to the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)
Capt. Fred Phelan uses the joystick controls of the APN214 navigation system to designate waypoints on a display screen on Wednesday, April 19, 2006, over Southwest Asia. When the aircraft is in autopilot mode, it can fly itself to the series of waypoints regardless of weather or other flight factors. Captain Phelan is a Reserve navigator deployed to the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He is from the 327th Airlift Squadron at Willow Grove Air Reserve Station, Pa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)