U.S. Air Force airmen from the 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron and 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron load a pallet aboard a C-130H Hercules at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan before a mission to deliver supplies to forward operating bases in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Jan. 2. C-130 aircrews deliver supplies by air to reduce the number of ground convoys that are at risk.