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Aerial Port Transporters

8th Expediitionary Air Mobility Squadron aerial port transporters unload equipment from a C-17 at a non-disclosed Southwest Asia location, Jan. 18, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo byTech. Sgt. Michelle Larche)[RELEASED]
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Aerial Port Transporters

8th Expediitionary Air Mobility Squadron aerial port transporters unload equipment from a C-17 at a non-disclosed Southwest Asia location, Jan. 18, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo byTech. Sgt. Michelle Larche)[RELEASED]
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Strykers Away

Senior Airman Daniel Webb, 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron, parks a Stryker M1126 Infantry Carrier Vehicle onto a C-17 Globemaster III, Oct. 17, 2009, in Southwest Asia. Airman Webb, along with fellow 8 EAMS ramp section members, help to load and unload all cargo, including Stryker ICVs, for local aircraft. Airman Webb is deployed from Altus Air Force Base, Okla., in support of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert Barney)
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Strykers Away

Airman Daniel Webb, 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron, parks a Stryker M1126 Infantry Carrier Vehicle as he loads it onto a C-17 Globemaster III, Oct. 17, 2009, in Southwest Asia. Airman Webb, along with fellow 8 EAMS ramp section members, helps load and unload all cargo, including Stryker ICVs, for local aircraft. Airman Webb is deployed from Altus Air Force Base, Okla., in support of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert Barney)
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Strykers Away

Staff Sergeant Randy Walgren, 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron, guides a Stryker M1126 Infantry Carrier Vehicle onto a C-17 Globemaster III, Oct. 17, 2009, in Southwest Asia. Sergeant Walgren, along with fellow 8 EAMS ramp section members, helps load and unload all cargo, including Stryker ICVs, for local aircraft. Sergeant Walgren is deployed from Altus Air Force Base, Okla., in support of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert Barney)
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816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron Pilot and Crew to the Rescue

Capt. Christopher Ford, an 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron pilot, inspects his equipment during pre-flight checks in a C-17 Globemaster III, March 23, 2009 at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. Capt. Ford and his crew helped guide a KC-135R Stratotanker crew, who had lost navigational capability over Afghanistan, to a safe landing at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan March 16, 2009. Capt. Ford hails from Albany, Ga. and is deployed from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom and Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Satran/released)
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Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa

Air transportation technicians assigned to the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron, with an assist from crew chiefs from the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, prepare a load of munitions for transport on a C-17 Globemaster III, Dec. 3, at an undisclosed air base in Southwest Asia. The C-17 is capable of rapid strategic delivery of troops and all types of cargo to main operating bases or directly to forward bases in the deployment area. The cargo is being transported further into the Central Command area of responsibility in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Boquette/Released)
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Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom and Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa

A C-17 Globemaster III is refueled at an undisclosed air base in Southwest Asia in preparation for another mission resupplying the Global War on Terrorism Oct. 29. The C-17 is the U.S. Air Force's premier cargo aircraft, capable of both strategic and tactical airlift, and is a mainstay in supporting Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom and Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Darnell T. Cannady/Released)
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Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom and Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa

C-17 Globemaster III aircraft wait on the flight line as the sun sets Oct. 17, 2008, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. C-17s provide the premiere airlift capability of the U.S. Air Force, flying thousands of tons of supplies and passengers daily in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom and Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Darnell T. Cannady/Released)
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Loading Cargo

The setting sun silhouettes pallets of cargo being loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III at an undisclosed air base in Southwest Asia Aug. 8, 2008. Pallets of supplies and equipment are loaded onto the aircraft for delivery to locations up range in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Boquette/Released)
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Loading Cargo

A 60K Loader is dwarfed by a C-17 from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., as the loader moves through the sunset to deliver cargo Aug. 8, 2008. Two 60K Loaders filled with pallets are loaded onto the C-17 to deliver equipment and supplies to bases up range in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom from an undisclosed air base in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Boquette/Released)
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C-17 Globemaster III provides global reach

The 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron operates several C-17s here, flying transport missions, including semi-prepared runway operations, in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. The plane’s inherent flexibility and global reach enable the Air Force to fulfill U.S. air mobility requirements worldwide. (U.S. Air Force by Capt. Teresa Sullivan)
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C-17s await orders

C-17 Globemaster IIIs await fuel, freight and flight crews here. The C-17 Globemaster III is the newest, most flexible cargo aircraft to enter the airlift force. The C-17 is capable of rapid strategic delivery of troops and all types of cargo to main operating bases or directly to forward bases in the deployment area. The aircraft can perform tactical airlift and airdrop missions and can also transport litters and ambulatory patients during aeromedical evacuations when required. The inherent flexibility and performance of the C-17 force improve the ability of the total airlift system to fulfill the worldwide air mobility requirements of the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Clark Staehle)
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Mobility team answers call for critically injured Soldier

Capt. Corbett Bufton, 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-17 aircraft commander (right), walks with Senior Airman David Methvan, 816th EAS loadmaster, on the flightline here. The crew of the C-17 flight to save Soldiers in Iraq, otherwise known as the “RED 7” included, Captains Bufton, Scott Frescette and Justin Herbst, Staff Sgt. Matt Nemeth, Senior Airman David Methvin and Lt. Col. Jesse Strickland, all based out of Charleston Air Force Base, S.C.(U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Teresa Sullivan)
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Looking back on one year: Expeditionary airlifters fly ‘air convoys’ in GWOT

The sun sets on the first year of the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron's time at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing. The 816th EAS has flown about 370,000 passengers, 370 million pounds of cargo on 80,000 pallets and about 20,000 of flying. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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