U.S. Air Force Senior Airmen Heath Burns and Thomas Elsworth, both C-17 Globemaster III loadmasters deployed from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., survey the airfield here while their C-17 taxis to a stop during Operation Enduring Freedom operations at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, April 4, 2005. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol



U.S. Army soldiers, assigned to Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 29th Infantry Division, head out for a Quick Reaction Force exercise at East River Range in Bagram, Afghanistan, March 24, 2005. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Harold Fields



U.S. Army soldiers wait to be air inserted onto the landing zone during a Quick Reaction Force exercise at East River Range in Bagram, Afghanistan, March 24, 2005. The soldiers are assigned to Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 29th Infantry Division. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Harold Fields



U.S. Army soldiers sharpen their skills by participating in a simulated convoy attack during a Quick Reaction Force exercise at East River Range in Bagram, Afghanistan, March 24, 2005. The soldiers are assigned to Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 29th Infantry Division. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Harold Fields



A U.S. Army soldier, assigned to Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 29th Infantry Division, calls for air support during a Quick Reaction Force exercise at East River Range in Bagram, Afghanistan, March 24, 2005. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Harold Fields



An HH-60 Pavehawk assigned to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, prepares to lift off for an Operation Enduring Freedom mission, April 4, 2005. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Andrea Knudson



U.S. soldiers, assigned to the 13th Military Police Detachment, toss a football in front of the new Pat Tillman USO Center at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, April 4, 2005. The center, which opened April 3, was built by funds donated by the National Football League for former NFL star Pat Tillman who died in combat action while serving with the Army in a remote Afghan region in 2003. The MPs are returning home after finishing a one-year tour at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol



Coalition forces move about on base during daily operations at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, April 4, 2005. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Andrea Knudson



A U.S. Army civil engineer soldier uses a saw to cut through a piece of wood while working on a project to improve the post office at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, April 4, 2005. U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol



U.S. Air Force airmen, assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing Air Terminal Operations Center, load cargo onto an aircraft loader at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, April 4, 2005. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol




U.S. Air Force airmen, assigned to the Air Terminal Operations Center, load a C-17 Globemaster III deployed from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., during air field operations at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, April 4, 2005. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol