Senior Airman Cody Burdette, 445th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft mechanic, marshals a 445th Airlift Wing C-17 Globemaster III out of its spot on the ramp for a local flight. The wing has nine C-17s in its inventory. The design of the aircraft allows it to operate through small, austere airfields. It can take off and land on runways as short as 3,500 feet and only 90 feet wide. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Frank Oliver)