C-17 Globemaster III aircrew members walk toward their aircraft with equipment in-hand prior to a mission at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Oct. 13, 2013. The Globemaster III is capable of rapid strategic delivery of troops and all types of cargo to main operating bases or directly to forward bases in the deployed locations. The C-17 crews assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron are deployed from Joint Base Charleston, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Bahja J. Jones)