Senior Airman Chase Vento, 627th Security Forces Squadron Phoenix Raven, out ofJoint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., scans the airfield for any threats while the C-17 Globemaster III is parked in Rwanda, Jan. 19, 2014. U.S. forces will transport a total number of 850 Rwandan soldiers and more than 1,000 tons of equipment into the Central African Republic to aid French and African Union operations against militants during this three weeklong operation. (U.S. Air Force photo Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane)