US Army soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division complete their jump from US Air Force C-17A Globemaster IIIs at Sicily drop zone, Fort Bragg, North Carolina . They along with other (Not Shown) soldiers from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan are part of exercise Central Asian Battalion (CENTRASBAT) 97. CENTRASBAT is a multinational exercise being conducted in both the United States and the three former Soviet republics. The participants will conduct combined airborne operations, weapons training, and cultural activities in order to set the conditions for a successful Partnership for Peace exercise, 11 September 1997
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: CENTRASBAT 97
Base: Fort Bragg
State: North Carolina (NC)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT David L. Wilcoxson, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
11/09/1997
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The U.S. National Archives
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