Air Force Staff Sgt. Sam Hardy, loadmaster with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, rolls a pallet of gear onto a C-17 Globemaster III at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 25, 2018. The C-17 transported troops and equipment to forward operating locations throughout the Central Command area of responsibility in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel and NATO Resolute Support missions. The C-17 is not only proficient in transporting troops and cargo, but can perform tactical airlift and airdrop missions and transport ambulatory patients during aeromedical evacuations. ( Air Nat

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Air Force Staff Sgt. Sam Hardy, loadmaster with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, rolls a pallet of gear onto a C-17 Globemaster III at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 25, 2018. The C-17 transported troops and equipment to forward operating locations throughout the Central Command area of responsibility in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel and NATO Resolute Support missions. The C-17 is not only proficient in transporting troops and cargo, but can perform tactical airlift and airdrop missions and transport ambulatory patients during aeromedical evacuations. ( Air National Guard

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