Heavy lifters

Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Szymanski (right) loads a jet engine aboard a C-5 Galaxy at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Sept. 26. The C-5 is assigned to the 436th Airlift Wing at Dover Air Force Base, Del. C-5s are among the largest aircraft in the world, delivering large amounts of supply goods to units throughout the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. Szymanski, an air transportation journeyman with the 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, is deployed from Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson)

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Tech. Sgt. Jeff Seren works with takeoff and landing data in the cockpit of a C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Sept. 26. The C-5 is assigned to the 436th Airlift Wing at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Seren is a flight engineer assigned to the 9th Airlift Squadron at Dover AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson)

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The sun shines on a C-5 Galaxy (foreground) and a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Sept. 26. The aerial port at Joint Base Balad is the busiest in the Department of Defense, moving more cargo per year than Dover Air Force Base, Del., Charleston AFB, S.C., and Travis AFB, Calif., combined. The C-5 is assigned to the 436th Airlift Wing at Dover AFB. The C-17 is deployed from the 437th Airlift Wing at Charleston AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson)

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Heavy lifters

Published Oct. 1, 2008