Airman 1st Class Summer Toney, 1st Lt. Ashley Guthrie, Capt. Kate Bufton, Capt. Emily Nelson, Tech. Sgt. Lori Tascione and Staff Sgt. Krysteena Scales make up an 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron flight crew about to depart on a C-17 Globemaster III mission March 19 at an air base in Southwest Asia. Airman Toney is a loadmaster from Long View, Texas. Lieutenant Guthrie is a pilot from Tulsa, Okla. Captain Bufton is a co-pilot from Charleston, S.C. Captain Nelson is the aircraft commander from Orange, Calif. Sergeant Tascione is a loadmaster from Waddell, Ariz. Sergeant Scales is a flying crew chief from Flint, Mich. All are deployed from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. in support of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Satran)

Captains Kate Bufton and Emily Nelson review flight information before they depart on a mission in a C-17 Globemaster III March 19 at an air base in Southwest Asia. They were part of an all-female flight crew for the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. Captain Bufton is a co-pilot from Charleston, S.C. Captain Nelson is the aircraft commander from Orange, Calif. Both are deployed from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Satran)