Airmen board a C-130J Super Hercules as they prepare to leave for a deployment to Afghanistan from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 6, 2018. More than 100 Airmen from the 40th Airlift Squadron and 317th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron deployed to support tactical airlift and airdrop operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)