U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Braach, left; Airman 1st Class Irving Adams, center; and Senior Airman Wally Carney clown around before departing on a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft on Ali Air Base, Iraq, Dec. 18, 2011. Braach, Adams and Carney are firefighters assigned to the 407th Air Expeditionary Group.