C-5 crew showcases their mission at 2011 JSOH

Joint Base Andrews News

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -- Staff Sgt. Mike Faison, 9th Airlift Squadron, Dover Air Force Base, Del. loadmaster, coordinates with a cockpit flight operator who is opening the nose of a C-5 Galaxy during the Joint Service Open House here May 21, 2011. The JSOH affords the public an opportunity to meet the men and women of the Armed Forces and to see military equipment from the Navy, Marines, Army, Air Force and Coast Guard. JSOH is planned and conducted through the efforts of active duty, guard and reserve service members, as well as civilian employees, retirees and family members. (U.S. photo /Staff Sgt. Sophia Piellusch)

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JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -- Staff Sgt. Mike Faison, 9th Airlift Squadron, Dover Air Force Base, Del. loadmaster, coordinates with a cockpit flight operator who is opening the nose of a C-5 Galaxy during the Joint Service Open House here May 21, 2011. The JSOH affords the public an opportunity to meet the men and women of the Armed Forces and to see military equipment from the Navy, Marines, Army, Air Force and Coast Guard. JSOH is planned and conducted through the efforts of active duty, guard and reserve service members, as well as civilian employees, retirees and family members. (U.S. Air Force photo /Staff Sgt. Sophia Piellusch)

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. – Airmen from the 9th Airlift Squadron, Dover Air Force Base, Del. coordinate with a cockpit flight operator who is lowering the ramp after opening the nose of a C-5 Galaxy during the Joint Service Open House here May 21, 2011. The JSOH affords the public an opportunity to meet the men and women of the Armed Forces and to see military equipment from the Navy, Marines, Army, Air Force and Coast Guard. JSOH is planned and conducted through the efforts of active duty, guard and reserve service members, as well as civilian employees, retirees and family members. (U.S. photo /Staff Sgt. Sophia Piellusch)

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JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. – Airmen from the 9th Airlift Squadron, Dover Air Force Base, Del. coordinate with a cockpit flight operator who is lowering the ramp after opening the nose of a C-5 Galaxy during the Joint Service Open House here May 21, 2011. The JSOH affords the public an opportunity to meet the men and women of the Armed Forces and to see military equipment from the Navy, Marines, Army, Air Force and Coast Guard. JSOH is planned and conducted through the efforts of active duty, guard and reserve service members, as well as civilian employees, retirees and family members. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Sophia Piellusch)

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -- Staff Sgt. Garrett Reed, 9th Airlift Squadron, Dover Air Force Base, Del., performs scanner duty by observing the right and left landing gear of a C-5 Super Galaxy during the Joint Service Open House here May 21, 2011. The JSOH affords the public an opportunity to meet the men and women of the Armed Forces and to see military equipment from the Navy, Marines, Army, Air Force and Coast Guard. JSOH is planned and conducted through the efforts of active duty, guard and reserve service members, as well as civilian employees, retirees and family members. (U.S. photo /Staff Sgt. Sophia Piellusch)

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JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. -- Staff Sgt. Garrett Reed, 9th Airlift Squadron, Dover Air Force Base, Del., performs scanner duty by observing the right and left landing gear of a C-5 Super Galaxy during the Joint Service Open House here May 21, 2011. The JSOH affords the public an opportunity to meet the men and women of the Armed Forces and to see military equipment from the Navy, Marines, Army, Air Force and Coast Guard. JSOH is planned and conducted through the efforts of active duty, guard and reserve service members, as well as civilian employees, retirees and family members. (U.S. Air Force photo /Staff Sgt. Sophia Piellusch)

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. – A combat tested crew from the 9th Airlift Squadron out of Dover Air Force Base, Del., display their C-5 Super Galaxy, The Spirit of Old Glory, at the 2011 Joint Service Open House here May 20. The 9th AS is under Air Mobility Command. The C-5 is one of the largest aircraft in the world and is the largest in the Air Force inventory.

"I run an aircrew, take an airplane, and move it around the system," said Col. Dave Herbison, 9th AS evaluator pilot and aircraft commander.

In February 2011, the 9th AS took part in a joint mission with the Navy and Army during a 30-day deployment to Naval Station Rota, Spain. The Army's 101st Airborne Division needed to swap out two of their aviation combat units.

"We supported an intermodal movement. The Navy was shipping helicopters from the states by boat from Rota, Spain. Where I had four C-5s waiting to pick up those helicopters and transported them into Afghanistan. Another combat aviation group was ready to come out and end their tour," Colonel Herbison said.

During the deployment, the four C-5s moved 156 helicopters and 70 passengers during a total of 77 missions.

"If a C-5 does a deployment that is the type of deployment we do," Colonel Herbison said. "They need to know how hard we are working and the service we're providing. This (the airshow) is one way of getting the story out."