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SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Maj. Philip Goff attaches an air sampler to its outdoor mounting cradle. As a bioenvironmental engineer at a forward-deployed location, Major Goff compiles long-term environmental health data gathered from air samples for the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing. Air sampler collects pathogens, pollen and man-made pollutants that can be measured and documented to predict and prevent illness trends. Major Goff, of the 386th Expeditionary Medical Group, is deployed from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Al Gerloff)

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SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Maj. Philip Goff attaches an air separator filter assembly to an air sampler. As a bioenvironmental engineer at a forward-deployed location, Major Goff compiles long-term environmental health data gathered from air samples for the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing. Air sampler collects pathogens, pollen and man-made pollutants that can be measured and documented to predict and prevent illness trends. Major Goff, of the 386th Expeditionary Medical Group, is deployed from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Al Gerloff)

Ready for takeoff

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Airman 1st Class Anna Cushenberry pulls chocks from the wheels of a C-130 Hercules ready to depart on a combat airlift mission to Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq. The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing is responsible for tactical airlift into and out of Iraq supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Airman Cushenberry is a crew chief with the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at a forward-deployed location and is from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Al Gerloff)

Ready for takeoff

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Senior Airman Joseph Petty charges a C-130 Hercules oxygen system that supports breathing devices inside the aircraft. The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing is responsible for tactical airlift into and out of Iraq supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Airman Petty is a crew chief with the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at a forward-deployed location and is from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Al Gerloff)

Elbow grease

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Airman 1st Class Jack Bartleson works on a forklift's engine here. He is a vehicle maintenance technician with the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing and is deployed from Langley Air Force Base, Va. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Mark D. Gibson)

Steady as she goes

MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Airmen work on an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during the kick-off of the 347th Rescue Wing's operational readiness inspection. The Air Force's only combat search and rescue wing is undergoing its first ORI since transitioning to Air Force Special Operations Command in 2003. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua Jasper)