C-130 takeoff

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- A C-130 Hercules aircraft, deployed to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, takes off on a sortie from an air base in Southwest Asia. The 386th AEW has moved more than 700,000 passengers and more than 88,000 short tons of cargo this year alone in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, making it one of the busiest aerial ports in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Raheem Moore)

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C-130 taxies

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- A C-130 Hercules aircraft taxies to the flightline prior to departing on a sortie from an air base in Southwest Asia. C-17 Globemaster III and C-130 aircraft have helped the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing move more than 700,000 passengers and more than 88,000 short tons of cargo this year alone in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, making it one of the busiest aerial ports in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Raheem Moore)

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C-17 takeoff

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- A C-17 Globemaster III aircraft takes off on a sortie from an air base in Southwest Asia. C-17s and C-130 Hercules aircraft have helped the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing has moved more than 700,000 passengers and more than 88,000 short tons of cargo this year alone in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, making it one of the busiest aerial ports in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Raheem Moore)

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Marine Corps C-38

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- A Marine Corps C-38 aircraft taxies off the flight line at an air base in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Raheem Moore)

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Ready to depart

Published Dec. 3, 2008

C-130 takeoff

C-130 taxies

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