TSgt Emily Knight waits for the next pallet of cargo to be loaded onto a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft.
TSgt Emily Knight, an Instructor Loadmaster with the 130th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air National Guard Base, Charleston, WV, waits for the next pallet of cargo to be loaded on a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft at Komatsu Airport, Japan, July 29, 2025, during Exercise Resolute Force Pacific (REFORPAC) 2025. Air Mobility Command aircraft provide critical airlift and air refueling capabilities to project, connect, maneuver, and sustain the Joint Force during REFORPAC and the first-in-a-generation Department-Level Exercise (DLE) series. The DLE series encompasses all branches of the Department of War, along with allies and partners. It employs more than four hundred joint and coalition aircraft and more than twelve thousand members at more than fifty locations across three thousand miles. USAF photo by TSgt Nicholas Monteleone

A Day in the Life

By Staff Writer

TSgt Emily Knight, an Instructor Loadmaster with the 130th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air National Guard Base, Charleston, WV, waits for the next pallet of cargo to be loaded on a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft at Komatsu Airport, Japan, July 29, 2025, during Exercise Resolute Force Pacific (REFORPAC) 2025. Air Mobility Command aircraft provide critical airlift and air refueling capabilities to project, connect, maneuver, and sustain the Joint Force during REFORPAC and the first-in-a-generation Department-Level Exercise (DLE) series. The DLE series encompasses all branches of the Department of War, along with allies and partners. It employs more than four hundred joint and coalition aircraft and more than twelve thousand members at more than fifty locations across three thousand miles.