Preflight
Master Sgt. Robert Hoeft, of the 919th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, inspects the tire of an MC-130E Combat Talon I while Senior Airman Rebecca Stinson, a loadmaster with the 711th Special Operations Squadron, speaks with the aircrew during preflight procedures prior to a sortie at Duke Field, Fla. There are only five Talons left at the special operations reserve base. The 919th has begun remissioning to the Aviation Foreign Internal Defense aircraft, the C-145 Skytruck. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel King Jr.)