A C-130 Hercules and its anxious pilot wait on the taxiway at Camp MacKall Army Air Field, North Carolina, while airmen from Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, offload equipment from the rear of the aircraft. An orchestrated dance of men and machine, Exercise GRYPHON WARRIOR, tests the mettle of both in a combat situation. Lessons learned prepare airmen for the role they will play as part of the expeditionary aerospace force. This photograph is from the article "A Herculean Task", AIRMAN Magazine, October 1999 issue