Airmen from the 40th Airlift Squadron wait to send off their fellow service members as they prepare to depart for a deployment to Djibouti, Africa, at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, May 7, 2019. In preparation for the deployment, the 317th Operations Group generated training sorties similar to the missions they will complete in the deployed location. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)