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The C-130 Hercules transporter fills the ski with paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, as it flies over Bunker Drop Zone. This event is the unit's first mass tactical jump since transformation, 16-17 Oct 2006. (U.S. Army photo by Gary l. Kieffer) (Released)

Green parachutes fill the ski, as Soldiers from 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, exit a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, over Bunker Drop Zone. This event was the unit's first mass tactical jump since transformation, 16-17 Oct 2006. (U.S. Army photo by Gary l. Kieffer) (Released)

Green parachutes fill the ski, as Soldiers from 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team exit a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, over Bunker Drop Zone. This event was the unit's first mass tactical jump since transformation, 16-17 Oct 2006. (U.S. Army photo by Gary l. Kieffer) (Released)

Green parachutes fill the ski as Soldiers from 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team exit a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, over Bunker Drop Zone. This event was the unit's first mass tactical jump since transformation, 16-17 Oct 2006. (U.S. Army photo by Gary l. Kieffer) (Released)

A Soldier of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team glides to earth under his parachute after exiting a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, from Bunker Drop Zone. This event is the unit's first mass tactical jump since transformation, 16-17 Oct 2006. (U.S. Army photo by Gary l. Kieffer) (Released)

A Soldier holds on to his parachute as he glides through the air, after exiting from a C-130 Hercules transporter aircraft, over Bunker Drop Zone. The soldier, from 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team is participating in the unit's first mass tactical jump since transformation, 16-17 Oct 2006. (U.S. Army photo by Gary l. Kieffer) (Released)

Soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team exit a C-130 Hercules aircraft transporter, over Bunker Drop Zone in the unit's first mass tactical jump since transformation, 16-17 Oct 2006. (U.S. Army photo by Gary l. Kieffer) (Released)

Soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team exit a C-130 Hercules aircraft transporter, over Bunker Drop Zone in the unit's first mass tactical jump since transformation, 16-17 Oct 2006. (U.S. Army photo by Gary l. Kieffer) (Released)

Soldiers hold on to their parachutes, as they glide through the air, after exiting from a C-130 Hercules transporter aircraft, over Bunker Drop Zone. The soldiers from 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team are participating in the unit's first mass tactical jump since transformation, 16-17 Oct 2006. (U.S. Army photo by Gary l. Kieffer) (Released)

A C-130 Hercules transporter fills the ski with paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, as it flies over Bunker Drop Zone. This event is the unit's first mass tactical jump since transformation, 16-17 Oct 2006. (U.S. Army photo by Gary l. Kieffer) (Released)

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Base: Grafenwoehr

Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Scene Major Command Shown: EUROPE

Scene Camera Operator: Gary L. Kieffer, USA, CIV

Release Status: Released to Public

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