 Ten more aircraft were assigned to the 167th Airlift Wing throughout the following two years.On 28 March 2007 the unit launched its first C-5 mission from Shepherd Air Field.After a brief stop at Dover Air Force Base, the aircraft continued on to Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, Africa, delivering two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters (used for humanitarian assistance, personnel and equipment movement, and noncombatant casualty evacuations) and more than 60 marines supporting Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa.