Keeping the mission moving
Lt. Col. Nicholus Costanzo, a Theater Direct Delivery Planner on the 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center's operations floor, coordinates a C-17 Globemaster III mission scheduled to deliver supplies to troops in Afghanistan. C-17s flying TDD missions have flown nearly 12,000 sorties in 2009, delivering more than 421,000 passengers and 113,000 tons of cargo throughout the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. The 618th TACC is 18th Air Force’s 24-hour Air and Space Operations Center, located at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Justin Brockhoff)