Senior Master Sgt. Randall Shafer, 167th Airlift Wing loadmaster, monitors as Sailors from the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron TWO FIVE position an MH-60S Knighthawk inside a C-5 Galaxy on the flightline at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, March 13. The Air Force aircrew and the Navy sailors loaded three MH-60S and two SH-60H helicopters inside the cargo aircraft for transportation to Island Naval Air Station, San Diego. The event was the first time a C-5 aircrew has moved five of that airframe at one time. The C-5 was from the 167th AW, Martinsburg, W. Va. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Courtney Witt)
Senior Master Sgt. Randall Shafer, 167th Airlift Wing loadmaster, West Virginia Air National Guard, oversees Staff Sgt. Justin McDonald as he chains a MH-60S Knighthawk to the cargo bay of a C-5 Galaxy at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, March 13. A team of Airmen from the 167th AW and Andersen as well as Sailors from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron TWO Five loaded three MH-60S and two SH-60H helicopters. It took the load team six hours to secure the five helicopters inside C-5. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Courtney Witt)
Sailors from the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron TWO FIVE, Airmen from the 167th Airlift Wing, and Airmen from the 734th Air Mobility Squadron load three MH-60S and two SH-60H helicopters onto a C-5 Galaxy at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, March 13. The event was the first time a C-5 aircrew has moved five of that airframe at one time. The 167th AW, from, Martinsburg, W. Va., airlifted the helicopters to their home station, North Island Naval Air Station, San Diego. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Courtney Witt)
Sailors from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron TWO FIVE, Air National Guardsmen from the 167th Airlift Wing, Martinsburg, W. Va., and Airmen from the 734th Air Mobility Squadron load the fifth and final helicopter onto a C-5 Galaxy on the flightline at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, March 13. It took the load team six hours to secure the five helicopters for delivery to San Diego. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Courtney Witt)
Sailors from the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron TWO FIVE guide the last out of five helicopters into the cargo bay of a C-5 Galaxy on the flightline at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, March 13. Air Force load teams from 734th Air Mobility Squadron, Air National Guardsmen from the 167th Airlift Wing, Martinsburg, W. Va., and Navy sailors from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron TWO FIVE loaded three MH-60S and two SH-60H helicopters inside the cargo aircraft for transportation to Island Naval Air Station, San Diego. The event was the first time a C-5 aircrew has moved five of that airframe at one time. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Courtney Witt)
A load team conducts a final inspecting after loading three MH-60S and two SH-60H helicopters onto a C-5 Galaxy on the flightline at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, March 13. Air Force load teams from 734th Air Mobility Squadron, Air National Guardsmen from the 167th Airlift Wing, Martinsburg, W. Va., and Navy sailors from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron TWO FIVE loaded three MH-60S and two SH-60H helicopters inside the cargo aircraft for transportation to Island Naval Air Station, San Diego. The event was the first time a C-5 aircrew has moved five of that airframe at one time. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Courtney Witt)
A C-5 Galaxy flight crew from 167th Airlift Wing, West Virginia Air National Guard, discuss the complexities it took to load five helicopters into their aircraft on the flightline at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, March 13. The team loaded three MH-60H Knighthawks and two SH-60H Seahawks. Not only was it the first time ever a C-5 Galaxy has loaded five of the similar-framed helicopters, but this is the second time the 167th AW has flown a complete circle around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Courtney Witt)