The sun shines on a C-5 Galaxy (foreground) and a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Sept. 26, 2008. The aerial port at Joint Base Balad is the busiest in the Department of Defense, moving more cargo per year than Dover Air Force Base, Del., Charleston AFB, S.C., and Travis AFB, Calif., combined. The C-5 is assigned to the 436th Airlift Wing at Dover AFB. The C-17 is deployed from the 437th Airlift Wing at Charleston AFB.