Two Airmen with the 317th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare to marshal a C-130J Super Hercules as base personnel prepare to depart for a deployment to Afghanistan from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 6, 2018. More than 100 Airmen flew on multiple aircraft from the 40th Airlift Squadron to support airdrop operations and provide tactical airlift. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)