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TECH. SGT. Kevin Cummings, Detachment 3, 5th Weather Squadron, makes a mock parachute jump during a training exercise. The Air Force detachment provides airborne weather teams to support the Army's XVIII Airborne Corps and subordinate units, including the 82nd Airborne Division, 1ST Special Operations Command and the 7th Special Forces Group

SENIOR AIRMAN Gerald Webber, Detachment 3, 5th Weather Squadron, does pull-ups during an exercise session outside detachment headquarters. The Air Force detachment provides airborne weather teams to support the Army's XVIII Airborne Corps and subordinate units, including the 82nd Airborne Division, 1ST Special Operations Command and the 7th Special Forces Group

A 39th Military Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules aircraft carrrying members of Detachment 3, 5th Weather Squadron, takes off, bound for the drop zone into which the detachment will parachute

An AH-64 Apache assault helicopter is parked on the flight line prior to an Army flying mission. Air Force Detachment 3, 5th Weather Squadron provides airborne weather teams to support Army aviation units such as the XVIII Airborne Corps and subordinate units, including the 82nd Airborne Division, 1ST Special Operations Command and the 7th Special Forces Group

Members of the 82nd Airborne Division prepare to depart for a patrol during Operation URGENT FURY. In the background is a C-130 Hercules aircraft flight

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade board a US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules aircraft as they prepares for a mass tactical jump at Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany. US Air Force (USAF) Tactical Air Controllers from the 4th Air Support Operations Group (ASOG), Detachment 1, will support the 173rd Airborne Brigade by controlling close air support

Technical Sergeant Kevin Cummings and SENIOR AIRMAN Scott Rizzo, Detachment 3, 5th Weather Squadron, launch a weather balloon during a field exercise. The Air Force detachment provides airborne weather teams to support the Army's XVIII Airborne Corps and subordinate units, including the 82nd Airborne Division, 1ST Special Operations Command and the 7th Special Forces Group

Members of Detachment 3, 5th Weather Squadron run as part of their morning physical training program. The detachment, comprised of 45 members, supports the Army's 82nd Airborne Division and the 3rd and 7th Special Forces Groups

Members of Training Company 1 (consisting of US and multi-national military personnel) disembark a US Air Force C-130 Hercules at Davis Airfield for Final Training Exercise III (FTX III) as part of Exercise COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96. FTX III consists of Airfield Security, Convoy Operations and Humanitarian Assistance Operations. COOPERATIVE OSPREY is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise, conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. COOPERATIVE OSPREY, under the Partnership for Peace (PfP) program, will provide interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective...

Members of Detachment 3, 5th Weather Squadron, jump from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during a field exercise. The Air Force detachment provides airborne weather teams to support the Army's XVIII Airborne Corps and subordinate units, including the 82nd Airborne Division, 1ST Special Operations Command and the 7th Special Forces Group

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State: North Carolina (NC)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. David Mcleod

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STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Larry Alexander, Detachment 1, 17th Weather Squadron, uses a hygrometer to measure atmospheric water vapor content during Exercise SHADOW HAWK'87, a phase of BRIGHT STAR'87. The US Central Command exercise represents a Joint Chiefs

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