Chief Master Sgt. Cyrus Snider, 779th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron flight engineer, validates his pre-flight inspection log of a C-130 Hercules deployed from the 182nd Airlift Wing, Illinois Air National Guard at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait February 4, 2020. Pre-flight inspections are conducted with aircraft and sealed, so that at a moment’s notice aircrews can arrive and take off to provide tactical airlift and airdrop operations within the area of operations to support Central Command, coalition and national objectives. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Alexandre Montes)