U.S. Army paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division are loaded into a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III. The vehicle was later air-dropped over nearby Fort Bragg's Sicily drop zone. Fifty-five tons of heavy cargo and 204 paratroopers were successfully air-dropped from six C-17's to demonstrate the utility of the U.S. Air Force's newest airlifter to meet the Army's brigade air-drop requirement
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Pope Air Force Base
State: North Carolina (NC)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SRA Ken Bergmann
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
27/06/1995
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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