U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. David Snyder, a C-130 maintenance technician with the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, works on an engine of a C-130 at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, Jan. 29, 2005. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol



U.S. Army Sgt. Patrick Conesa, a military policeman with the 13th MP Company, deployed from Fort Wainwright, Alaska, cleans an M-16 after completing his 12-hour shift at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, Jan. 24, 2005. U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol



U.S. Air Force airmen with the Air Transportation Operations Center, Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, remove a deployment bag from a pallet, Jan. 27, 2005. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol



U.S. Air Force airmen use an R-11 fuel truck to fuel a C-130 Hercules at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, Jan. 28, 2005. Approximately 6,000 gallons of fuel is needed to refuel a C-130. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol



Security forces with the 416th Expeditionary Mission Support Squadron patrol the airfield during base operations at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, Jan. 28, 2005. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol



Firefighters with the base fire department practice exit training with aircrews at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, Jan. 28, 2005. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol



Members of the Uzbekistan military talk with a U.S. Air Force C-130 aircrew member, assigned to the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, during a tour for the Uzbekistan personnel at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Jan. 29, 2005. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol



The U.S. flag can be seen along a perimeter fence at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, from the window of a security forces humvee on a foggy morning, Jan. 29, 2005. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol



U.S. Air Force Capt. Sara Babbit stops to check the airfield perimeter at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, Jan. 29, 2005. Babbit is the flight commander for the 416th Expeditionary Mission Support Squadron's security forces flight and is deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol



Two front-end loaders from the Air Transportion Operations Center move pallets to a plane at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, Jan. 29, 2005. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol



A maintenance de-icer truck revs up prior to de-icing a plane at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, Jan. 29, 2005. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol



A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III takes off as the sun rises at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, Jan. 29, 2005. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol