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US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Nick Seibel, Combat Controller (CCT), 321st Special Tactics Squadron (STS), RAF (Royal Air Force) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK), Jumpmaster for the day, searches for the 'Iron Mike' drop zone (DZ) in preparation for a jump into St Mere Eglise, Normandy, France (FRA), during the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion

US Army (USA) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Charles Cooley (right), Jumpmaster, XVIII Airborne (ABN) Corps, Ft Bragg, North Carolina (NC), performs a check on USA STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Wesley Thomas Neel (left), Jumpmaster, XVIII ABN Corps, making sure his equipment is properly attached prior to boarding an aircraft for a jump onto the Iron Mike Drop Zone (DZ) commemorating the 60th Anniversary of D-Day. More than 650 paratroopers jumped for the event near St Mere Eglise, France (FRA)

US Air Force (USAF) members of the 352nd Special Operations Group's (SOG), 321st Special Tactics Squadron (STS), RAF (Royal Air Force) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK), prepare to parachute from a USAF C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft into St Mere Eglise, Normandy, France (FRA), during the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Derrick Kidd (left), USAF Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Ian Dickinson, Commander, 422nd Air Base Squadron (ABS), USAF SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Joseph Smarr, and USAF MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Michael Hendricks (right), atop the nearly 300-foot Digital European Backbone (DEB) tower waving to onlookers. SRA Smarr requested his reenlistment ceremony atop the tower and LCOL Dickinson obliged

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Gary Patterson, Airborne Instructor, 1ST Battalion (BN), 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), Fort Benning, Georgia (GA), on board a USAF C-17A Globemaster III cargo aircraft, checks for the drop zone (DZ) "Iron Mike" during the re-enactment of the D-Day parachute drop. This year marks the 60th Anniversary of the Normandy invasion during World War II

A US Army (USA) paratrooper with the XVIII Airborne Corps, Ft Bragg, North Carolina (NC), prepares to jump from a US Air Force (USAF) C-130H Hercules cargo aircraft, 94th Airlift Wing (AW), Dobbins Air Reserve Base (ARB), Georgia (GA), over the Iron Mike Drop Zone (DZ) to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of D-Day. More than 650 paratroopers jumped for the event near St Mere Eglise, France (FRA)

US Army (USA) paratroopers with the XVIII Airborne Corps, Ft Bragg, North Carolina (NC), board a US Air Force (USAF) C-130H Hercules cargo aircraft, 94th Airlift Wing (AW), Dobbins Air Reserve Base (ARB), Georgia (GA), on their way to the Iron Mike Drop Zone (DZ) to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of D-Day. More than 650 paratroopers jumped for the event near St Mere Eglise, France (FRA)

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Tim Brauch (left), gets assistance from USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Gerald Nicholls, both assigned to the321st Special Tactics Squadron (STS), as he climbs aboard the rescue raft after participating in a water rescue drop, during a training mission conducted in the waters of the North Sea, off the coast of England. The training is being conducted Airmen from the 21st Special Operations Squadron (SOS), located at Royal Air Force (RAF) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK). The units are part of the 352nd Special Operations Group (SOG), the air component for special operations within the European Command Area of Responsibility (AOR)

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Nagoster L. Franks, a Loadmaster onboard a US Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 517 Airlift Squadron, Elmendorf AFB, gives jump orders to US Army paratroopers, from the 1ST Battalion Airborne, 501st Infantry Regiment, Fort Richardson, Alaska as the aircraft approaches the drop zone. SSGT Franks and members of his crew are participating in Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 2001

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Nick Seibel (left), Combat Controller (CCT), 321st Special Tactics Squadron (STS), RAF (Royal Air Force) Mildenhall, United Kingdom (UK), Jumpmaster for the day, offloads jumpers from a USAF C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft, to the 'Iron Mike' drop zone (DZ) during a jump into St Mere Eglise, Normandy, France (FRA), during the 60th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion

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Base: Mildenhall

State: Suffolk

Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

Scene Camera Operator: A1C Franklin J. Perkins, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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air force usaf senior airman senior airman sra nick seibel nick seibel combat controller combat controller cct tactics squadron raf royal air force mildenhall jumpmaster offloads jumpers offloads jumpers usaf c hercules cargo aircraft hercules cargo aircraft iron mike iron mike drop zone drop zone jump eglise normandy france fra anniversary d day invasion normandy invasion d day invasion invasion of europe c 130 us air force d day landings ww 2 world war ii world war two c 130 hercules images c 130 operation overlord d day anniversary 1940 s 40 s high resolution usaf c 130 hercules cargo aircraft st mere eglise special tactics squadron sts great britain a 1 c franklin military aircraft 1940 s aircrafts wwii aircraft wwii photographs