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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Blake Skidmore, 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron loadmaster, loads equipment on a C-17 Globemaster III for an airdrop over Afghanistan, March 30, 2013. The loadmaster performs calculations and plans cargo and passenger placement to keep aircraft within permissible center of gravity limits throughout flight. Loadmasters ensure cargo is placed on aircraft in such a way as to prevent overloading sensitive sections of the airframe and cargo floor. Skidmmore is deployed from the 15th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr.)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Travis Miller, 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron loadmaster, guides a 10 K-Loader to the cargo area of a C-17 Globemaster III which holds bundles of supplies for an airdrop over Afghanistan, March 30, 2013. The loadmaster performs calculations and plans cargo and passenger placement to keep aircraft within permissible center of gravity limits throughout flight. Loadmasters ensure cargo is placed on aircraft in such a way as to prevent overloading sensitive sections of the airframe and cargo floor. Miller is deployed from the 15th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr.)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Travis Miller, 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron loadmaster, loads pallets of supplies into a C-17 Globemaster III for an airdrop over Afghanistan, March 30, 2013. The loadmaster performs calculations and plans cargo and passenger placement to keep aircraft within permissible center of gravity limits throughout flight. Loadmasters ensure cargo is placed on aircraft in such a way as to prevent overloading sensitive sections of the airframe and cargo floor. Miller is deployed from the 15th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr.)

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Blake Skidmore, 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron loadmaster, prepares the cargo area of a C-17 Globemaster III to hold bundles of supplies for an airdrop over Afghanistan, March 30, 2013. The loadmaster performs calculations for cargo and passenger placement in order to keep the aircraft within permissible center of gravity limits throughout the flight. Loadmasters ensure cargo is placed on the aircraft in such a way as to prevent overloading sensitive sections of the airframe and cargo floor. Skidmore is deployed from the 15th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr.)

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Airmen from the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron load supply pallets on a C-17 Globemaster III for an airdrop mission, March 30, 2013. The bundles were air dropped to a forward operating base in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr.)

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Blake Skidmore, 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron loadmaster, is ready to perform an airdrop mission over Afghanistan on a C-17 Globemaster III filled with bundles of supplies, March 30, 2013. The loadmaster performs calculations and plans cargo and passenger placement to keep aircraft within permissible center of gravity limits throughout flight. Loadmasters ensure cargo is placed on aircraft in such a way as to prevent overloading sensitive sections of the airframe and cargo floor. Skidmore is deployed from the 15th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr.)

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Blake Skidmore, 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron loadmaster, prepares to drop supply pallets over Afghanistan, March 30, 2013. The loadmaster performs calculations and plans cargo and passenger placement to keep aircraft within permissible center of gravity limits throughout flight. Loadmasters ensure cargo is placed on aircraft in such a way as to prevent overloading sensitive sections of the airframe and cargo floor. Skidmore is deployed from the 15th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr.)

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Airdrop mission over Afghanistan

Published April 7, 2013

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