U.S. Air Force airmen and Army soldiers load 40 pallets of water into a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, in preparation for an airdrop mission on Dec. 19, 2007. Members of the 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, out of Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, provide airlift and airdrop capabilities to ground units in Afghanistan that are in need of supplies, ammunition and sustenance as well as transporting personnel and equipment.