A U.S. Airman with the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron loads cargo onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft for an air delivery mission to Afghanistan March 2, 2011.
The cargo, consisting of fuel and other supplies, was airdropped to a remote forward operating base in Afghanistan. (DoD photo by Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz, U.S. Air Force/Released). Original public domain image from Flickr