A C-17 operated by the 105th Airlift Wing of the New York Air National Guard sits on the runway at the Army Aviation Support Facility in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., Tuesday, Dec. 9. The aircraft loaded up a helicopter assigned to the 3rd Battalion 142nd Aviation of the New York Army National Guard. The helicopter will be flown to Puerto Rico to support an exercised being conducted by the New York Army National Guard's 1st Battalion 69th Infantry.