Senior Airman Michael Eckert from the 16th Airlift Squadron and Tech. Sgt. Tripp Gilbert from the 701st Airlift Squadron, both loadmasters, prepare a C-17 Globemaster III for a presidential support mission to Havana, Cuba. The diplomatic mission was the first time a sitting U.S. president has visited the communist nation in 88 years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Wayne Capps)