Lt. Col. C.J. Pfeil, 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron co-pilot, briefs the rest of the C-130 Hercules crew prior to take off June 28, 2016, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Airmen from the 746th EAS conduct intratheater airlifts, medical evacuation and airdrop missions throughout the U.S. Air Forces Central Command’s area of responsibility in support of Operation Inherent Resolve and Operations Freedom’s Sentinel. They are deployed from the 914th Airlift Wing out of Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Janelle Patiño/Released)