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US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jeromie Brown of Air Force News, Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany (DEU), captures video footage of First Lieutenant (1LT) Matt Shipstead, a Drop Zone Patrol Officer and co-pilot assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron (AS), as he directs pilots aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft approaching a drop zone near Otopeni Air Base (AB), Romania (ROU), in support of exercise Blue Knights II

A US Army Captain listens to the aircrew conversation on a pair of headsets in order to be able to update his soldiers who are participating in a mass formation jump over Germany. As troop commander on board the 37th Airlift Squadron (AS) C-130 Hercules, the captain must work closely with the aircrew to insure that his troops have ample time to prepare for the upcoming jump. The 37th AS, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, provided in-theater airlift to over 600 US Army paratroopers of the 1ST Battalion, 508th Infantry Brigade (Airborne Combat Team) from Vicenca, Italy, Southern European Task Force

A US Army paratrooper of the 1ST Battalion, 508th Infantry Brigade (Airborne Combat Team) from Vicenca, Italy, Southern European Task Force, looks through the troop door window of the C-130 Hercules aircraft from 37th Airlift Squadron, as he nears the bunker drop zone located just south of Nurnberg, Germany

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Scott Mousseau and (R) US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Gary Lustig, 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, attach safety wire to the troop jump platform on a C-130 Hercules aircraft in preparation for a troop drop. With a 9 ship mission, the 37th dropped nearly 80 tons of heavy equipment followed by a 12 ship mission that dropped 547 paratroopers from the 173d Airborne Brigade, Southern European Task Force (Airborne), Vicenza, Italy, in support of the multinational training exercise VENETO RESCUE 01, in northeast Italy and Slovenia. Veneto Rescue is an exercise that helps to train military units to conduct the safe evacuation of non-combatant civilians ...

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Ace Jones, from the 786th Security Forces Squadron (SFS), Sembach Annex, Germany (DEU), provides security for a C-130, Hercules cargo aircraft assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron (AS), Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany (DEU), in Lungi, Sierra Leone (SLE). The 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), is currently in SLE to provide personnel recovery and emergency evacuation capability for the Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team (HAST) and the Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team (FAST) in Liberia (LBR)

STAFF Sergeant Charles D. Henson, a C-130 crewchief stationed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, packs up his tool box in front of a 37th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules, "Norma Jean", after preparing the aircraft for a mission in support of the US Army's Southern European Task Force

US Army (USA) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Ricky Bryant, carries his helmet, weapon and field pack, as he prepares to board a US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to the 185th Airlift Squadron (AS), Oklahoma Air National Guard (OKANG) deployed to the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS), during an operational re-supply mission conducted on a dirt air strip at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Salerno, Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Bryan Harris (foreground), Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) AIRMAN, walks away from a US Army (USA) 173rd Airborne Brigade (ABN BDE) UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) utility helicopter after participating in a 173rd ABN BDE low altitude static line training jump over Maniago, Pordenone Province, Italy (ITA), where over 350 Sky Soldiers will jump in chalks of eight from UH-60 helicopters to practice jumping out at low altitudes to prevent detection by enemy forces

The crew of a US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules aircraft conduct a preflight mission briefing in the cockpit of their aircraft, prior to takeoff from Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany. Pictured left-to-right, Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Norman Schnelle; MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Mike Rowell; Captain (CPT) Ryan Woerner; and Colonel (COL), Erwin F. Lessel III, Commander, 86th Airlift Wing (AW)

USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) John Goddard, C-130 Hercules loadmaster (foreground), talks into his helmet mounted microphone while US Army jumpmaster, SSGT Nathaniel Brinson looks through the open troop door as the aircraft nears the bunker drop zone. The 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, provided in-theater airlift to over 600 US Army paratroopers of the 1ST Battalion, 508th Infantry Brigade (Airborne Combat Team) from Vicenca, Italy, Southern European Task Force

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