Medium shot, low angle, SENIOR Airmen Brian Martin and Richard Carlton, USAF Crew Chiefs, 305th Aircraft Generation Squadron, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, change the wing formation light on a C-141B Starlifter. They preflighted the plane prior to its takeoff for a mission to airdrop troops from the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, onto the Sicily drop zone on Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The exercise, called Large Package Week involves the airdropping of 1200 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne and their heavy equipment onto the drop zone. Large Package Week is a quarterly training exercise designed to build cohesiveness between the 82nd Airborne and Air Mobility ...
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[Complete] Scene Caption: Medium shot, low angle, Senior Airmen Brian Martin and Richard Carlton, USAF Crew Chiefs, 305th Aircraft Generation Squadron, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, change the wing formation light on a C-141B Starlifter. They preflighted the plane prior to its takeoff for a mission to airdrop troops from the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, onto the Sicily drop zone on Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The exercise, called Large Package Week involves the airdropping of 1200 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne and their heavy equipment onto the drop zone. Large Package Week is a quarterly training exercise designed to build cohesiveness between the 82nd Airborne and Air Mobility Command units. The mission took place at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina on April 5, 2000.
Subject Operation/Series: LARGE PACKAGE WEEKEND
Base: Pope Air Force Base
State: North Carolina (NC)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: Kenn Mann
Release Status: Released to Public
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