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COL Maxwell C. Bailey, vice commander of the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing, Pope Air Force Base, greets CPT Kip D. Kallweit of the 435th Transport Squadron, Canadian Forces Base Edmonton, Alberta, at the start of Airlift Rodeo '90. CPT Kallweit is a pilot of a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft. Airlift Rodeo is an annual airdrop competition that tests the flight and ground skills of Military Airlift Command aircrews as well as foreign teams.

Members of the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing of Pope Air Force Base proudly raise their trophy for best transportation team during Airlift Rodeo '90. Airlift Rodeo is an annual airdrop competition that tests the flight and ground skills of Military Airlift Command aircrews as well as foreign teams.

LGEN Carl W. Stiner, commanding general, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, speaks at the Airlift Rodeo '90 opening ceremonies. Airlift Rodeo is an annual airdrop competition that tests the flight and ground skills of Military Airlift Command aircrews as well as foreign teams.

Sergeant Mark F. Cory of the of the 314th Tactical Airlift Wing of Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, inspects an engine panel on his AIRLIFT RODEO '90 team's C-130E Hercules transport aircraft during the maintenance competition. AIRLIFT RODEO is an annual airdrop competition that tests the flight and ground skills of Military Airlift Command aircrews as well as foreign teams.

S.O. BAV Nilton Dias Monteiro, Brazilian Airlift Rodeo team and 1ST Lieutenant (1LT) Brian D. Jones, 31st Tactical Airlift Squadron, acting as a liaison for the Brazilian team, watch for landmarks to keep the crew on course during a low-level flight. They are participating in the ninth annual international airlift competition Airlift Rodeo'87

SSGT R. Hopfauf, a combat controller of the 1722nd Combat Control Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Washington, removes his parachute after landing during the drop zone establishment phase of Airlift Rodeo '90. Airlift Rodeo is an annual airdrop competition that tests the flight and ground skills of Military Airlift Command aircrews as well as foreign teams.

MSGT G. E. Palmer, chief umpire of the tactical overland infiltration phase, checks the multiple integrate laser engagement system fitted on a competitor during Airlift Rodeo '90. Airlift Rodeo is an annual airdrop competition that tests the flight and ground skills of Military Airlift Command aircrews as well as foreign teams.

An Indonesian team member moves carefully during the Airlift Rodeo '90 tactical overland infiltration event. The competitors are required to navigate quickly, safely and accurately over unfamiliar terrain while remaing alert to simulated enemy attack. Airlift Rodeo is an annual airdrop competition that tests the flight and ground skills of Military Airlift Command aircrews as well as foreign teams.

Competitors assist a team member over an obstacle on the combat endurance course during Airlift Rodeo '90. Airlift Rodeo is an annual airdrop competition that tests the flight and ground skills of Military Airlift Command aircrews as well as foreign teams.

COL Maxwell C. Bailey, vice commander of the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing, Pope Air Force Base, greets MAJ Amin Amirrullah, a member of the Indonesian team, at the start of Airlift Rodeo '90. Airlift Rodeo is an annual airdrop competition that tests the flight and ground skills of Military Airlift Command aircrews as well as foreign teams.

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Subject Operation/Series: RODEO '90

Base: Pope Air Force Base

State: North Carolina(NC)

Country: United States Of America(USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SGT Marvin Preston

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label_outline Explore Col Maxwell, Sgt Marvin Preston, Amin

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A Combat Control School student takes part in setting up a landing zone. The student will become a Red Beret upon his graduation

A member of the Indonesian Armed Forces stands at the landing zone ensuring the security and safe distribution of supplies to citizens of Cot Daerah.

CMSGT Danny Awalt briefs a participant prior to the start of the M-2 burner assembly event, part of the civil engineering/services competition Readiness Challenge '90

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Military personnel take part in a brief ceremony following the arrival of medical supplies and equipment at Freetown International Airport. The 436th Military Airlift Wing C-5A Galaxy aircraft, standing in background, delivered the material as part of a U.S. humanitarian effort to provide food and other necessities to five African countries stricken by war and famine

A US Navy (USN) F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft assigned to the Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Nine (VX-9) conducts an operation test mission flight over the Coso Mountain Range, at China Lake, California (CA). This aircraft is one of the first Super Hornets equipped with the revolutionary new APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, which could eventually give naval aircrews a quantum leap in tactical capability over older aircraft equipped with mechanical radar systems

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