Master Sgt. Niles Dupont, 746th Expeditionary Airlift

Master Sgt. Niles Dupont, 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron loadmaster, prepares to start engines on a C-130 Hercules for an air transport mission in support of Operation New Dawn. The C-130 crew transported soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division out of Iraq on the first leg of their return home after completing their deployment. Dupont is deployed from the 914th Airlift Wing, Niagara Falls, N.Y.