Staff Sgt. Brad Gardner directs a third-generation High Mobility Engineering Excavator into the nose of a C-5 on the Charleston AFB flightline Jan. 14. A total of eight third-generation HMEEs will be flown overseas to deployed locations in Southeast Asia to support Operation Enduring Freedom. Sergeant Gardner is with the 167th Airlift Wing Air West Virginia, National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Timothy Taylor)

Airmen secure third-generation High Mobility Engineering Excavators to the floor of a C-5 on the Charleston AFB flightline Jan. 14. A total of eight third-generation HMEEs will be flown overseas to deployed locations in Southwest Asia to support Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Timothy Taylor)

John Bauer, a contractor with Case Construction drives a third-generation High Mobility Engineering Excavator up the nose ramp of a C-5 on the Charleston AFB flightline Jan. 14. A total of eight third-generation HMEEs will be flown overseas to deployed locations in Southwest Asia to support Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Timothy Taylor)

Airmen prepare to load a third-generation High Mobility Engineering Excavator onto a C-5 on the Charleston AFB flightline Jan. 14. A total of eight third-generation HMEEs will be flown overseas to deployed locations in Southwest Asia to support Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Timothy Taylor)

Airmen prepare to load a third-generation High Mobility Engineering Excavator onto a C-5 as it lowers to the ground to begin loading procedures on the Charleston AFB flightline Jan. 14. A total of eight third-generation HMEEs will be flown overseas to deployed locations in Southwest Asia to support Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Timothy Taylor)