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Load masters SGT Mary Eiche, foreground, and A1C Bernadette Botti prepare hot in-flight meals aboard a C-141 MEDEVAC aircraft. They are part of the first Air Force all-female flight crew to fly an overseas mission. The women are flying the C-141 to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, with a stop-over at Lajes Field, Azores

SGT. Mary Eiche, load-master, serves coffee to passengers while in flight aboard a C-141 MEDEVAC aircraft. She is part of the first Air Force all-female flight crew to fly an overseas mission. The women will fly the C-141 to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany with a stop-over at Lajes Field, Azores

SGT. Mary Eiche, a load master aboard a C-141 MEDEVAC aircraft, smiles as the plane approaches McGuire Air Force Base, N.J. on the final leg of the flight crew to fly an over-seas mission. The women flew the C-141 from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, with a stop-over at Lajes Field, Azores

SGT. Mary Eiche, load master, checks the operation of oxygen masks aboard a C-141 MEDEVAC aircraft prior to takeoff. She is part of the first Air Force all-female flight crew to fly an overseas mission. The women will fly the C-141 to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany with a stop-over at Lajes Field, Azores

Sergeant Mary Eiche, load master, secures baggage aboard a C-141 MEDEVAC aircraft prior to takeoff. She is part of the first Air Force all-female flight crew to fly an overseas mission. The women will fly the C-141 to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany with a stop-over at Lajes Field, Azores

First LT. Terri Ollinger, co-pilot, assembles a map in the passenger section of a C-141 MEDEVAC aircraft as crew members SGT. Mary Eiche, left, and TECH. SGT. Donna Wertz look on. The women are part of the first Air Force all-female flight crew to fly an overseas mission. The women will fly a C-141 MEDEVAC aircraft to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, with a stop-over at Lajes Field, Azores

TECH. SGT. Donna Wertz, center, and other members of the first Air Force all-female flight crew to fly an overseas mission, discuss the flight with reporters prior to their departure. The women will fly a C-141 MEDEVAC aircraft to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, with a stop-over at Lajes Field, Azores

SSGT. Denise Meuniere, flight engineer, and AIRMAN 1ST Class Bernadette Botti, right, close the crew entrance door prior to takeoff. They are part of the first Air Force all-female flight crew to fly an overseas mission. The women will fly a C-141 MEDEVAC aircraft to Rhein-Maine Air Base, West Germany, with a stop-over at Lajes Field, Azores

SSGT Denise Meunier, flight engineer, gives last minute instructions to A1C Bernadette Botti, left, load-master, prior to takeoff. They are part of the first Air Force all-female flight crew to fly an overseas mission. The women will fly a C-141 MEDEVAC aircraft to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, with a stop-over at Lajes Field, Azores

SGT. Mary Eiche, loadmaster, discusses meal serving procedures with a medical technician during the first overseas flight by an all-female Air Force flight crew. The women are flying a mission from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany, aboard a C-141B Starlifter aircraft

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CPT Kymberle McElwee, 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron mission crew director, watches loading operations as a Military Airlift Command C-141B Starlifter aircraft is readied for a flight to Pakistan. The 2nd AFS will be providing medical assistance to those Afghan refugees and mujaheddin fighters who are being transported to the United States and Canada for specialized treatment.

Members of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron check on a wounded Afghan rebel before he is taken aboard an aircraft for a flight to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany. Twenty-four rebels wounded in Afghanistan's civil war are being evacuated to hospitals in Europe and the United States for donated medical treatment

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A medic from the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron plays cards with wounded Afghan freedom fighters who are being transported aboard a C-141B Starlifter aircraft from Pakistan to the United States for treatment

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