Tech. Sgt. Robert Jendrock rolls back a maintenance stand as he prepares to launch a C-141 Starlifter on May 10, 2000, at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., during Air Mobility Rodeo 2000. Rodeo 2000 is the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command's premier air mobility competition, involving more than 80 aircraft and 100 teams from 17 countries. The teams compete in airdrops, aerial refueling, aircraft navigation, special tactics, short field landings, cargo loading, engine running on and off load, aeromedical evacuations and security forces operations. Jendrock is an aircraft repair specialist with the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March Air Reserve Base, Calif.