Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa
Senior Airman Casey Norton, an air transportation journeyman assigned to the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron, displays teamwork helping the aerial port technicians push a liquid oxygen container onto a C-130 Hercules, Dec. 13, at an undisclosed air base in Southwest Asia. The C-130 primarily performs the tactical portion of the airlift mission. The aircraft is capable of operating from rough, dirt strips and is the prime transport for air dropping troops and equipment into hostile areas in the Central Command area of responsibility. Airman Norton, a native of Summerville, S.C., is deployed from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom and Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Boquette/Released)