C-17 MRAP upload
SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Airmen from the 386th and 379th Air Expeditionary Wings load a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle onto a C-17 Globemaster III from Charleston AFB, S.C., Dec. 28. The MRAP was heading to Iraq and is designed to help protect military members from mines and improvised explosive devices. The C-17's aircrew members are from McGuire AFB, N.J. and currently deployed to an air base in the Middle East. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Tia Schroeder)