An Airlift Rodeo '96 Wrangler marshals an Italian G-222 into its parking place on the McChord Air Force Base, Wash., parking ramp as the plane and its crew arrive for Airlift Rodeo '96 on June 18, 1996. Airlift Rodeo '96 is the United States Transportation Command's tanker/airlift competition which tests the flight and ground skills of aircrews as well as the related skills of combat control, security police, aerial port, aeromedical evacuation, and maintenance team members. Crews from the U.S. and nine other countries are participating in the competition held this year at McChord.