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A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III uses reverse thrusters to slow down during a landing on a desert runway at the National Training Center. The exercise was designed to test the ability of the C-17 to support mission requirements and interface with the Army

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Subject Operation/Series: C-17 READINESS REVIEW

Base: Fort Irwin

State: California (CA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: SENIOR AIRMAN E.H. Littlejohn

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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globemaster globemaster iii thrusters desert runway desert runway exercise ability requirements support mission requirements interface army california national training center air force fort irwin us air force test mission high resolution air force c 17 globemaster iii c 17 readiness review c 17 senior airman usaf us national archives
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02/05/1995
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The U.S. National Archives
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label_outline Explore Support Mission Requirements, C 17 Readiness Review, Thrusters

A close-up of the exterior of the cockpit area of a B-2 Spirit, stealth bomber, from the 509th Bomb Wing, inside the hangar. Inside the cockpit pilots can be seen climbing into their seats prior to engine start. Global Guardian is designed to exercise the ability of USSTRATCOM and its component forces to effectively deter a military attack against the United States and employ forces as directed by the National Command Authority

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Steve McElwain, left and SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jason Capehart place the landing door edge covers on the landing gear doors of their B-2 Spirit bomber, "The Spirit of Pennsylvania," at Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV). B-2 bombers often particapate in Red Flag exercises on the Nellis air ranges

An US Air Force (USAF) F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 78th Fighter Squadron (FS), Shaw Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina, releases a GBU-31 2,000 pound Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) over the Eglin AFB, Land Range during a test mission

C-17 Globemaster III Cargo Aircraft, from multiple

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Lewis Noriega, USAF, 437th Aircraft Generation Squadron (AGS), Charleston AFB, South Carolina, services the liquid oxygen (LOX) system on a C-17A Globemaster III, on the flightline at Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Derek Warren, with the 555th Fighter Squadron (FS), secures the lanyard on a Guided Bomb Unit-12 (GBU-12) Paveway II on a pylon during a Quarterly Weapons Load Competition

A C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 911th Airlift

Airman 1st Class Kyle Molnar, 911th Aircraft Maintenance

Maintenance members leave the empty airfield in preparation

Technical Segeant Wayne E. Hardy, assistant fire chief, wears protective gear while participating in a test to evaluate his unit's ability to perform under fallout conditions

Airmen assigned to the 911th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Master Sgt. Sean Stanton, 154th Aircraft Maintenance

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globemaster globemaster iii thrusters desert runway desert runway exercise ability requirements support mission requirements interface army california national training center air force fort irwin us air force test mission high resolution air force c 17 globemaster iii c 17 readiness review c 17 senior airman usaf us national archives