Preparing the summit star

Donnie Bull, Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure Group lead electrician, and Tom Ojala, Shaw electrician journeyman, make their way down a slope of Mount Gordon Lyon, to repair damage to the summit star, Sept. 6, 2012. The star will be lit Sept. 11 in memory of those who lost their lives in the 9/11 terrorist attacks and will then be relit the day after Thanksgiving. The star will stay lit from that time until the last of the mushers from the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race crosses the finish line. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Zachary Wolf)

Preparing the summit star

Donnie Bull, Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure Group lead electrician, and Tom Ojala, Shaw electrician journeyman, inspect the summit star on Mount Gordon Lyon, for any damage or bulbs that need replaced, Sept. 6, 2012. The star will be lit Sept. 11 in memory of those who lost their lives in the 9/11 terrorist attacks and will then be relit the day after Thanksgiving. The star will stay lit from that time until the last of the mushers from the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race crosses the finish line. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Zachary Wolf)

Heavy drop

A training pallet is about to drop from a 517th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane during training over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Aug. 28, 2012. C-17 aircraft from JBER support a variety of missions around the world, many of which include dropping U.S. Army paratroopers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Zachary Wolf)

Heavy drop

Training pallets drop from a 517th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane during training over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Aug. 28, 2012. C-17 aircraft from JBER support a variety of missions around the world, many of which include dropping U.S. Army paratroopers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Zachary Wolf)

Heavy drop

Air Force captains Allin Oberlin (left) and Zach Deshetler, 517th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane pilots, fly their C-17 during training over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Aug. 23, 2012. C-17 aircraft from JBER support a variety of missions around the world, many of which include dropping U.S. Army paratroopers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Zachary Wolf)

Heavy drop

Tech. Sgt. Terry Langston, 517th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, straps down two pallets in preparation for a heavy drop from a C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Aug. 23, 2012. C-17 aircraft from JBER support a variety of missions around the world, many of which include dropping U.S. Army paratroopers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Zachary Wolf)