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Blackhawks get first class flight

A Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk is guided into a C-5 Galaxy for transport, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 8, 2016. When Army aircrew units redeploy back to their home stations, the Blackhawks are packed up and transported back on aircraft such as the C-5 Galaxy. As the Air Force’s largest strategic airlifter, the C-5 can handle a payload of up to 5 helicopters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Blackhawks get first class flight

Tech. Sgt. John Crowe, 436th Airlift Wing aircraft loadmaster, pulls a tow cable towards a Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 8, 2016. An aircrew from Dover Air Force Base traveled to Bagram, to assist Army flying units pack and transport the Blackhawks back to home stations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Blackhawks get first class flight

Tech. Sgt. John Crowe, 436th Airlift Wing aircraft loadmaster, connects a tow cable to a Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 8, 2016. An aircrew from Dover Air Force Base traveled to Bagram, to assist Army flying units pack and transport the Blackhawks back to home stations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Blackhawks get first class flight

A Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk is hauled into a C-5 Galaxy for transport, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 8, 2016. When Army aircrew units redeploy back to their home stations, the Blackhawks are packed up and transported back on aircraft such as the C-5 Galaxy. As the Air Force’s largest strategic airlifter, the C-5 can handle a payload of up to 5 helicopters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Blackhawks get first class flight

A Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk is hauled into a C-5 Galaxy for transport, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 8, 2016. When Army aircrew units redeploy back to their home stations, the Blackhawks are packed up and transported back on aircraft such as the C-5 Galaxy. As the Air Force’s largest strategic airlifter, the C-5 can handle a payload of up to 5 helicopters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Blackhawks get first class flight

U.S. Army and Air Force aircrew members work with Department of Defense contractors to load UH-60 Blackhawks on to C-5 Galaxy aircraft. As Army aircrew units redeploy, the Blackhawks are packed up and transported back to home stations with the owning units. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Blackhawks get first class flight

Senior Airman Maxwell Lucchesi, 436th Airlift Wing aircraft loadmaster, gives a mission and safety brief to other aircrew members, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 8, 2016. Lucchesi was part of an aircrew team from Dover Air Force Base, who traveled to Bagram to help pack and transport Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawks back to home stations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Blackhawks get first class flight

Anthony Fruge, Department of Defense contractor, uses a tractor to tow a Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 8, 2016. Airfield contractors work with aircrew members, such as loadmasters to load and unload helicopters off of aircraft when deploying and redeploying back to home stations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Blackhawks get first class flight

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Daniel White, brigade aviation maintenance officer, aligns wood pieces on a C-5 Galaxy, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 8, 2016. The wood pieces were used to build a ramp to help load a Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk for transport. The Air Force C-5 Galaxy is a military transport aircraft and can handle a payload of up to 5 helicopters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Blackhawks get first class flight

Michael Ballew, Department of Defense contractor, connects a tow bar to a Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 8, 2016. When Army aircrew units redeploy back to their home stations, the Blackhawks are packed up and transported back on aircraft such as the C-5 Galaxy. As the Air Force’s largest strategic airlifter, the C-5 can handle a payload of up to 5 helicopters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyn M. Freeman)
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Lessons Learned

Maj. Juan Matias, Air Forces Central Command's Lessons Learned director, and Capt. Christopher De La Pena, AFCENT's Lessons Learned assistant director, pose for a photograph near a painted Air Force mural March 3 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The duo assist units in the AFCENT area of operations in preparing, executing and properly documenting operational observations and after action reports to ensure smoother future operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Spc. Travis Terreo)
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Airmen and Marines support Afghanistan retrograde

Airmen from the 9th Airlift Squadron and 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron with Marines from the Marine Expeditionary Brigade prepare to load vehicles into a C-5M Super Galaxy Oct. 6, 2014, at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. Airmen and Marines loaded more than 266,000 pounds of cargo onto the C-5M as part of retrograde operations in Afghanistan. Aircrews for the retrograde operations, managed by the 385th Air Expeditionary Group Detachment 1, surpassed 11 million pounds of cargo transported in a 50-day period. During this time frame, crews under the 385th AEG broke Air Mobility Command’s operational cargo load record five times. The heaviest load to date is 280,880 pounds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Bowcock)
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Airmen and Marines support Afghanistan retrograde

Airmen from the 9th Airlift Squadron and 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron with Marines from the Marine Expeditionary Brigade prepare to load vehicles into a C-5M Super Galaxy Oct. 6, 2014, at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. Airmen and Marines loaded more than 266,000 pounds of cargo onto the C-5M as part of retrograde operations in Afghanistan. Aircrews for the retrograde operations, managed by the 385th Air Expeditionary Group Detachment 1, surpassed 11 million pounds of cargo transported in a 50-day period. During this time frame, crews under the 385th AEG broke Air Mobility Command’s operational cargo load record five times. The heaviest load to date is 280,880 pounds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Bowcock)
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Airmen and Marines support Afghanistan retrograde

Airmen from the 9th Airlift Squadron and 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron with Marines from the Marine Expeditionary Brigade load vehicles into a C-5M Super Galaxy Oct. 6, 2014, at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. Airmen and Marines loaded more than 266,000 pounds of cargo onto the C-5M as part of retrograde operations in Afghanistan. During this mission, the crew reached more than 11 million pounds of cargo transported in a 50-day period. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Bowcock)
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Airmen and Marines support Afghanistan retrograde

Airmen from the 9th Airlift Squadron and 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron with Marines from the Marine Expeditionary Brigade prepare to load vehicles into a C-5M Super Galaxy Oct. 6, 2014 at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. Airmen and Marines loaded more than 266,000 pounds of cargo onto the C-5M as part of retrograde operations in Afghanistan. Aircrews for the retrograde operations, managed by the 385th Air Expeditionary Group Detachment 1, surpassed 11 million pounds of cargo transported in a 50-day period. During this time frame, crews under the 385th AEG broke Air Mobility Command’s operational cargo load record five times. The heaviest load to date is 280,880 pounds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Bowcock)
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Airmen and Marines support Afghanistan retrograde

Aircrew from the 9th Airlift Squadron pose in front of a C-5M Super Galaxy after completing a mission to Afghanistan Oct. 7, 2014, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. These Airmen transported more than 266,000 pounds of cargo as part of retrograde operations in Afghanistan. Aircrews for the retrograde operations, managed by the 385th Air Expeditionary Group Detachment 1, surpassed 11 million pounds of cargo transported in a 50-day period. During this time frame, crews under the 385th AEG broke Air Mobility Command’s operational cargo load record five times. The heaviest load to date is 280,880 pounds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Bowcock)
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Airmen and Marines support Afghanistan retrograde

U.S. Air Force Capts. Matthew Upchurch (left) and Jennifer Nolta (right), 9th Airlift Squadron C-5M Super Galaxy pilots, take-off Oct. 6, 2014, from Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. Airmen from the 9th AS transported more than 266,000 pounds of cargo as part of retrograde operations in Afghanistan. Aircrews for the retrograde operations are managed by the 385th Air Expeditionary Group Detachment 1 and this flight surpassed 11 million pounds of cargo transported in a 50-day timespan. During this time frame, crews under the 385th AEG broke Air Mobility Command’s operational cargo load record five times. The heaviest load to date is 280,880 pounds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Bowcock)
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Airmen and Marines support Afghanistan retrograde

Marines from the Marine Expeditionary Brigade load vehicles into a C-5M Super Galaxy Oct. 6, 2014, at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. Airmen and Marines loaded more than 266,000 pounds of cargo onto the C-5M as part of retrograde operations in Afghanistan. During this mission, the crew reached more than 11 million pounds of cargo transported in a 50-day period. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Bowcock)
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Airmen and Marines support Afghanistan retrograde

Airmen from the 9th Airlift Squadron and 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron with Marines from the Marine Expeditionary Brigade prepare to load vehicles into a C-5M Super Galaxy Oct. 6, 2014 at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. Airmen and Marines loaded more than 266,000 pounds of cargo onto the C-5M as part of retrograde operations in Afghanistan. Aircrews for the retrograde operations, managed by the 385th Air Expeditionary Group Detachment 1, surpassed 11 million pounds of cargo transported in a 50-day period. During this timeframe, crews under the 385th AEG broke Air Mobility Command’s operational cargo load record five times. The heaviest load to date is 280,880 pounds. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Bowcock)
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