A C-130H3 Hercules aircraft kicks up a cloud of sand while starting up one of its four engines on Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Sept. 15, 2008. The aircraft is deployed to the 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. (DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson, U.S. Air Force/Released)
