U.S. Air Force Capts. Matthew Upchurch, left, and Jennifer Nolta, both C-5M Super Galaxy pilots with the 9th Airlift Squadron, take off from Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Oct. 6, 2014
The Airmen transported more than 266,000 pounds of cargo as part of retrograde operations in Afghanistan. U.S. and international forces in 2013 began the process of drawing down assets in Afghanistan ahead of the eventual transition to handing over Afghan security to Afghan forces. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Bowcock, U.S. Air Force/Released). Original public domain image from Flickr