A crew member checks the tail of his C-130 Hercules before a maintenance inspection during Air Mobility Rodeo 98 at McChord Air Force Base, Wash., June 22, 1998. The maintenance inspections are one component of Rodeo 98 which tests the flight and ground skills of aircrews as well as the related skills of special tactics, security forces, aerial porters, aeromedical evacuation and maintenance members. The goal of the international airlift-tanker competition is to develop and improve techniques and procedures that enhance air mobility operations.