A C-5 Gallexy from McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, sits on the ramp with its nose in the air at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The C-5 is being loaded with cargo from the front as part of PHOENIX THUNDER 97-B. PHOENIX THUNDER is an exercise in which the Air Expeditionary Force model is tested. The main thrust of this test is to deploy an Air Wing of fighter aircraft and support people and supplies to a distant location in a minimum amount of time. The participation of Air Mobility Command cargo aircraft in this exercise allows for the highest amount of realism possible and the best training, short of actually deploying