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PITTSBURGH IAP ARS, PA -- A C-130H prepares to taxi down the runway before a training flight, Aug. 11. Pilots perform training flights routinely to ensure mission readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joshua J. Seybert)


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PITTSBURGH IAP ARS, PA -- A C-130H prepares to taxi down the runway before a training flight, Aug. 11. Pilots perform training flights routinely to ensure mission readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Joshua J. Seybert)

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Staff Sgt. Dave Clark, 911th Maintenance Squadron structural mechanic, replaces a corroded L-angle on the back tail of a C-130 Hercules, Jan. 10, 2015, at Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station. Spot checking the C-130’s for corrosion is a necessary safety inspection that results in 100 percent accountability for the Airmen assigned to the aircraft.
A C-130 Hercules is prepared for a tactical drop training flight by members of the 911th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, the 911th Operations Support Squadron and the 758th Airlift Squadron during subzero weather at Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Jan. 22, 2014. During the winter months, aircraft must go through many steps before it is ready to fly. These steps include being towed from their parked location to a de-icing pad, heating the engines to ensure the propellers aren’t frozen in place, and then the normal preflight inspections and equipment loading. (U.S. Air Force illustration photo by Senior Airman Joshua J. Seybert)
A C-130 Hercules is prepared for a tactical drop training flight by members of the 911th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, the 911th Operations Support Squadron and the 758th Airlift Squadron during subzero weather at Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Jan. 22, 2014. During the winter months, aircraft must go through many steps before it is ready to fly. These steps include being towed from their parked location to a de-icing pad, heating the engines to ensure the propellers aren’t frozen in place, and then the normal preflight inspections and equipment loading. (U.S. Air Force illustration photo by Senior Airman Joshua J. Seybert)
A C-130 Hercules is prepared for a tactical drop training flight by members of the 911th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, the 911th Operations Support Squadron and the 758th Airlift Squadron during subzero weather at Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Jan. 22, 2014. During the winter months, aircraft must go through many steps before it is ready to fly. These steps include being towed from their parked location to a de-icing pad, heating the engines to ensure the propellers aren’t frozen in place, and then the normal preflight inspections and equipment loading. (U.S. Air Force illustration photo by Senior Airman Joshua J. Seybert)
A C-130 Hercules is prepared for a tactical drop training flight by members of the 911th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, the 911th Operations Support Squadron and the 758th Airlift Squadron during subzero weather at Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Jan. 22, 2014. During the winter months, aircraft must go through many steps before it is ready to fly. These steps include being towed from their parked location to a de-icing pad, heating the engines to ensure the propellers aren’t frozen in place, and then the normal preflight inspections and equipment loading. (U.S. Air Force illustration photo by Senior Airman Joshua J. Seybert)
A C-130 Hercules is prepared for a tactical drop training flight by members of the 911th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, the 911th Operations Support Squadron and the 758th Airlift Squadron during subzero weather at Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Jan. 22, 2014. During the winter months, aircraft must go through many steps before it is ready to fly. These steps include being towed from their parked location to a de-icing pad, heating the engines to ensure the propellers aren’t frozen in place, and then the normal preflight inspections and equipment loading. (U.S. Air Force illustration photo by Senior Airman Joshua J. Seybert)
Airman 1st Class James Yamnitzky, 32nd Aerial Port Squadron air transportation specialist, gives the all clear for the driver of the 10K All-Terrain vehicle to start backing out of the cargo garage at the 911th Airlift Wing, Dec. 6th, 2014. The 32nd APS must deliver their pallets whatever the weather, and rain was no exception. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyne Obeldobel)
Airman 1st Class James Yamnitzky, 32nd Aerial Port Squadron air transportation specialist, gives the “all clear” for the driver of the 10K all-terrain vehicle to start backing out of the cargo garage at Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Dec. 6th, 2014. Transportation of cargo is vital to quickly and efficiently load a plane for take-off. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyne Obeldobel)
Technical Sgt. Richard Signorelli, 758th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, watches as a heavy cargo pallet drops out of the back of a C-130 Hercules at the Cadiz, Ohio drop zone Dec. 6th, 2014. The heavy pallet will be retrieved by members of the 32nd Aerial Port Squadron on the ground; the same squadron that built the pallet before it was loaded onto the C-130. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Justyne Obeldobel)
A C-130 assigned to the 758th Operations Group performs a tactical training flight near Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 19, 2014. Tactical training flights are performed routinely ensuring aircrew members are up to date on all training standards. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua J. Seybert)
Members of the 32nd Aerial Port Squadron load a Containerized Delivery System into a C-130 Hercules using a 10-K forklift on the flight line of Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, April 5, 2014. The loading of the system was part of a flight generation exercise was held at the 911th during the April Unit Training Assembly. The exercise was held to make sure every squadron will be mission ready whenever and wherever it may be needed throughout the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph E. Bridge)
A heavy equipment platform is dropped out of the back of a C-130 Hercules over a designated drop zone in Cadiz, Ohio during a flight generation exercise, April 6, 2014. The exercise, which consisted of crucial combat training for aircrew, simulated dropping supplies and equipment to ground forces within a combat zone. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua J. Seybert)