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View thumbnails without captions. A C-141 is silhouetted against Mount Rainier. The 8th Airlift Squadron flew Starlifters from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., for 35 years before transitioning to C-17s in June. The C-141B Starlifter aircraft leaves four plumes of exhaust behind it as it prepares for an airdrop during Operation Deep Freeze. Starlifter can airlift combat forces, equipment and supplies, and deliver them on the ground or by airdrop, using paratroop doors on each side and a rear loading ramp.