Cold Blast
January 31st, 2012 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
A marshaling Airman turns his back to avoid the inevitable cloud of spray, broken by bright sunlight, as Airmen finish spraying a C-17 Globemaster III from a Global Ground Support Aircraft Deicer truck at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 17, 2012. When ice forms in the extreme cold temperatures, it can throw off the aerodynamics of aircraft and risk the mission, equipment and lives. Maintainers use the deicer to ensure aircraft continue flying safely. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert Barnett)
Countermeasures
November 28th, 2011 | From the Ranks | Posted by Mike Morones
A C-17 Globemaster III launches flares during a Mobility Air Forces Exercise Nov. 16, 2011, over the Nevada Test and Training Range. The U.S. Air Force Weapons School holds MAFEX twice a year to test the ability of C-17A Globemaster III and C-130 Hercules aircrews from Air Force bases around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brett Clashman)
Air Mobility Rodeo
August 2nd, 2011 | Photography | Posted by Mike Morones
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III airdrops a pallet from the rear ramp during Air Mobility Rodeo 2011 at Yakima Firing Range on July 27, 2011. Rodeo is the U.S. Air Force’s premier international combat skills and flying operations competition designed to develop and improve techniques, procedures, and interoperability, while optimizing international mobility partnerships and enhancing mobility operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Dan St. Pierre)
Hanger Shot
September 2nd, 2010 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
A C-17 Globemaster III sits in a hangar at McChord Field. 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. (U.S. Air Force photo/Abner Guzman)
Shadow Flight
July 19th, 2010 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
The shadow of a C-17 from the 14th Airlift Squadron is cast onto the blue waters along the coast of South Carolina as it flies from Joint from Joint Base Charleston, S.C. on July 4, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. DeNoris Mickle)
Folded Flag
June 29th, 2010 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
Captains Roderick Reid, center, and Carol Nicholson, flight nurses from the 775th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight, fold an American flag on a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft Sunday June 20, 2010 at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., as Staff Sgt. Brittany Zavala, an 775th EAES aeromedical evacuation technician watches, during the weekly Integrated Continental United States Medical Operations Plan mission or ICMOP mission as it’s known by it’s acronym. Capt Nicholson, a dual qualified flight nurse for the Canadian and U.S. air forces participating in an exchange program, says the flag belongs to her and she always flies it during the ICMOP. “It means a lot to me to fly the flag and brings a tear to my eye to see it flying over the cargo area when there are wounded Americans on-board.” The mission picks up war wounded and other patients at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, and returns them to their homes throughout the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Rick Sforza/RELEASED)
Abundant FOD
February 9th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
An airman watches as FOD gets stirred up by the engines of his C-17 on the ramp at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.