Airmen turn cargo plane into passenger plane

Staff Sgt. Kevin McIntyre passes folded passenger seats to Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Bronson; both aerial porters from the 447th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, Aug. 10, 2010, at Sather Air Base, Iraq. The Airmen unloaded 12 pallets of cargo, and then reconfigured the aircraft to carry passengers in less than an hour. The C-17 is redeploying personnel in support of The U.S. Forces Responsible Drawdown of Forces to 50,000 troops by the end of August when Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, and Operation New Dawn begins. ( U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Perry Aston) (Released)

Airmen turn cargo plane into passenger plane

SrA Erik Thomsen, C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster, reconfigures the cabin floor to install passenger seats, Aug. 10, 2010, at Sather Air Base, Iraq. C-17 loadmasters and Airmen from the 447th ELRS unloaded 12 pallets of cargo, and then reconfigured the aircraft to carry passengers in less than an hour. The C-17 is redeploying personnel in support of The U.S. Forces Responsible Drawdown of Forces to 50,000 troops by the end of August when Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, and Operation New Dawn begins. ( U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Perry Aston) (Released)

Airmen turn cargo plane into passenger plane

Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Bronson 447th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron aerial porter, marshals a Tunner 60K Loader, to move cargo off a C-17 Globemaster III Aug. 10, 2010, at Sather Air Base, Iraq. The Airmen unloaded 12 pallets of cargo, and then reconfigured the aircraft to carry passengers in less than an hour. The C-17 is redeploying personnel in support of The U.S. Forces Responsible Drawdown of Forces to 50,000 troops by the end of August when Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, and Operation New Dawn begins. ( U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Perry Aston) (Released)

Airmen turn cargo plane into passenger plane

Tech. Sgt. Lindy Snodgrass, C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster, marshals a Tunner 60K Loader up to a C-17, to offload cargo, Aug. 10, 2010, at Sather Air Base, Iraq. The C-17 will be configured to carry passengers that are redeploying during The U.S. Forces Responsible Drawdown of Forces to 50,000 troops by the end of August when Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, and Operation New Dawn begins. ( U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Perry Aston) (Released)

Airmen turn cargo plane into passenger plane

Interceptor Body Armor from the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, sit in the passenger terminal, Aug. 10, 2010, at Sather Air Base, Iraq. 3rd ID Soldiers are redeploying to Fort Benning, Ga, after a year-long deployment, advising and assisting the Iraqi military. The redeployment is part of The U.S. Forces Responsible Drawdown of Forces to 50,000 troops by the end of August when Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, and Operation New Dawn begins. ( U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Perry Aston) (Released)

Additional U.S. Helicopters Arrive for Relief

A U.S. Air Force loadmaster guides a forklift carrying international aid destined for Pakistani flood victims onto a U.S. Air Force C-130 cargo aircraft at Pakistan Air Force Base Chaklala, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. To date, U.S. military cargo aircraft based in Afghanistan have transported more than 194,000 pounds of relief supplies from the Pakistan Air Force's Central Flood Relief Cell to required locations throughout Pakistan in support of Government of Pakistan requests for additional airlift support. In addition, U.S. military helicopters conducting relief operations in partnership with the Pakistan military have rescued more than 4,800 people and transported more than 600,000 pounds of relief supplies. (Courtesy Photo)