1st Lt. David Stephens, a C-130 pilot in the 123rd Airlift Wing, fills out paperwork at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., prior to a deployment to the Persian Gulf on July 2, 2012. Stephens and about 69 other Kentucky Airmen will operate from an undisclosed air base in Southwest Asia, flying troops and cargo missions across the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility for the next four months in support of operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Dale Greer)