Air Force 1st Lt. Wesley Cobb, a pilot with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, performs preflight checks on a C-17 Globemaster III at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Dec. 23, 2016. The C-17 is capable of rapid strategic delivery of troops and of cargo to main operating bases or directly to forward operating bases in the Central Command area of responsibility.

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