Caption:
OVER BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- In the shadows of their C-130
Hercules' flight deck, (left to right) pilot Maj. Mike Wilson, flight
engineer Senior Master Sgt. Ernie Leyba and co-pilot Capt. Tim
Pemberton approach for a landing at Balad Air Base. The crew flew a New
Year's Eve mission to deliver 13 passengers and 13,000 pounds of cargo
-- landing at Balad in 2006. The Colorado Air National Guard 731st
Airlift Squadron crew is ending a Southwest Asia tour with the 746th
Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt.
Lance Cheung)
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