Operation Maggie Migration
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Maj. Byron Miranda, an Air Force safety officer and C-17 Globemaster III pilot, listens to members of the Alasaka Zoo and the Performance Animal Welfare Society, or PAWS, as they answer questions about moving Alaska's only elephant, Maggie, to the PAWS sanctuary in California. A 517th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III from Elmendorf Air Force Base will transport the 8,000 pound African elephant Thursday. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Keith Brown)