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U.S Army paratroopers fill the sky for the 20th Annual

U.S Army paratroopers fill the sky for the 20th Annual

U.S Army paratroopers fill the sky for the 20th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, hosted by U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), Dec. 01, 2017 at Sicily Drop Zone,... More

U.S Army Paratroppers landing after completing their

U.S Army Paratroppers landing after completing their

U.S Army Paratroppers landing after completing their jump in participation for the 20th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, hosted by U. S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airb... More

U.S Army paratroopers fill the sky for the 20th Annual

U.S Army paratroopers fill the sky for the 20th Annual

U.S Army paratroopers fill the sky for the 20th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, hosted by U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), Dec. 01, 2017 at Sicily Drop Zone,... More

U.S. Army Paratroopers, from various units at Fort

U.S. Army Paratroopers, from various units at Fort

U.S. Army Paratroopers, from various units at Fort Bragg, parachute to the ground during the Saturday Proficiency Jump Program (SPJP) at Sicily Drop Zone, Fort Bragg, N.C., Feb. 20, 2016. The SPJP builds profic... More

U.S Army paratroopers fill the sky for the 20th Annual

U.S Army paratroopers fill the sky for the 20th Annual

U.S Army paratroopers fill the sky for the 20th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, hosted by U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), Dec. 01, 2017 at Sicily Drop Zone,... More

A member of the 82nd Airborne Division, injured in an air drop, is transferred from a C-130 Hercules aircraft by California Air National Guardsmen, to a waiting C-141 Starlifter aircraft for medical evacuation to Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina. The injury occurred during Exercise Gallant Eagle

A member of the 82nd Airborne Division, injured in an air drop, is tra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operat... More

A member of the 82nd Airborne Division, injured in an air drop, is transferred from a C-130 Hercules aircraft by California Air National Guardsmen, to a waiting C-141 Starlifter aircraft for medical evacuation to Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina. The injury took place during Exercise Gallant Eagle

A member of the 82nd Airborne Division, injured in an air drop, is tra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operat... More

Members of the 82nd Airborne Division assemble near the Point Salines Airport runway upon their arrival on the island during Operation URGENT FURY. A C-130 Hercules aircraft is on the runway

Members of the 82nd Airborne Division assemble near the Point Salines ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Base: Grenville Country: Grenada (GRD) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Michael Bogdanowicz Release Status: Released t... More

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

Members of the 82nd Airborne Division prepare to depart for a patrol d...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT M. J. Creen Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

A member of the 82nd Airborne Division operates equipment to offload fuel from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during Operation URGENT FURY

A member of the 82nd Airborne Division operates equipment to offload f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT M. J. Creen Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

The fire retardant chemical Phos-Chek is pumped from two nozzles mounted inside an Air National Guard C-130 Hercules. The aircraft is equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) and is participating in fire fighting efforts under the direction of the US Forest Service

The fire retardant chemical Phos-Chek is pumped from two nozzles mount...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Haggerty Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

The fire retardant chemical Phos-Chek is pumped into an Air National Guard C-130 Hercules. The aircraft are equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) and are participating in fire fighting efforts under the direction of the US Forest Service

The fire retardant chemical Phos-Chek is pumped into an Air National G...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Van Nuys Air National Guard Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Don Sutherland Relea... More

The fire retardant chemical Phos-Chek is held in a collapsible tank prior to being pumped into an Air National Guard C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS)

The fire retardant chemical Phos-Chek is held in a collapsible tank pr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Van Nuys Air National Guard Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Don Sutherland Relea... More

Water is pumped from two discharge tubes on an Air National Guard C-130 Hercules onto the flight line during a test of the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS). The aircraft is participating in fire fighting efforts under the direction of the US Forest Service

Water is pumped from two discharge tubes on an Air National Guard C-13...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Van Nuys Air National Guard Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT Don Sutherland Rele... More

A load of heavy equipment, dropped from a C-130 Hercules aircraft, floats to the ground where it will be picked up by members of the 1ST Battalion 39th Field Artillery during an XVIII Airborne Corps emergency deployment readiness exercise

A load of heavy equipment, dropped from a C-130 Hercules aircraft, flo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Charles W. Gross Release Status: Released to... More

Members of the 508th Airborne Division jump from a C-130 Hercules aircraft

Members of the 508th Airborne Division jump from a C-130 Hercules airc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Panama (PAN) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Donald L. Wetterman Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

U.S. Army paratroopers jump from a C-130 Hercules aircraft to begin a week-long series of events marking the 45th anniversary of the Allied invasion of France. Three hundred and fifty American soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division and 3rd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment, made the jump along with 50 British paratroopers

U.S. Army paratroopers jump from a C-130 Hercules aircraft to begin a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Saint Mere-Eglise Country: France (FRA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Perry J. Heimer Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More

TECH. SGT. Michael Schoenberger, loadmaster with the 179th Airlift Group, Ohio Air National Guard, assists a jump master from the Army's XVIII Airborne Corps as troops prepare to parachute from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during a training exercise

TECH. SGT. Michael Schoenberger, loadmaster with the 179th Airlift Gro...

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: TSGT. Fernando Serna Release Statu... More

The aircrew of a C-130 Hercules from the 302nd Airlift Wing, 731st Airlift Squadron, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado waits for takeoff clearance from Redding Municipal Airport, Calif. The aircraft, one of two from the 731st Airlift Squadron was joined by two more C-130s from the California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing at Channel Islands. They worked with the U.S. Forest Service and Fire Protection air tankers and ground crews fighting some of northern California's lightning caused fires which lit up the landscape on Aug 11 1996 by providing aerial fire suppression using the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS).Published in AIRMAN Magazine, December 1996. Exact Date ...

The aircrew of a C-130 Hercules from the 302nd Airlift Wing, 731st Air...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: The aircrew of a C-130 Hercules from the 302nd Airlift Wing, 731st Airlift Squadron, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado waits fo... More

A US Army paratrooper of the 1ST Battalion, 508th Infantry Brigade (Airborne Combat Team) from Vicenca, Italy, Southern European Task Force, looks through the troop door window of the C-130 Hercules aircraft from 37th Airlift Squadron, as he nears the bunker drop zone located just south of Nurnberg, Germany

A US Army paratrooper of the 1ST Battalion, 508th Infantry Brigade (Ai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Joint Guard Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Gregory L. Davis, USAF Release Status: Released t... More

82nd Airborne members from Fort Bragg, North Carolina prepare to depart Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, in a C-130 Hercules aircraft during Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFX) 98-1. In all, over forty C-130 Hercules aircraft and over 1300 82nd Airborne members will jump and take part in the exercise

82nd Airborne members from Fort Bragg, North Carolina prepare to depar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JTFX 98-1 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator... More

A US Air Force C-130 cargo planes from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, taxis out of Aviano Air Base, Italy, in preparation of an air drop mission to support the reactivation of the famous 173rd Airborne Brigade (Not shown). Six Years of nearly continuous combat in Vietnam and with the only combat parachute of the war, the brigade earned 14 campaign streamers and four unit citations. Its soldiers earned 13 Medals of Honor, 137 Distinguished Service Crosses and more than 6,000 Purple Hearts

A US Air Force C-130 cargo planes from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, tax...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Delia A. Castillo, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

A US AIR FORCE C-130 Hercules of the 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air BAse, Germany, off-load the US Army paratroopers of the 1ST of the 508th Airborne, 5th Southern European Task Force (SETAF) out of Vicenza, Italy, it was carrying during Exercise VENETO RESCUE on June 6th, 2000

A US AIR FORCE C-130 Hercules of the 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air B...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: VENETO RESCUE Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Suzanne M. Jenkins, USA... More

Left side rear view medium close-up shot over the left shoulder of US Air Force Major Randy Smith, C-130 Hercules pilot Major Randy Smith, Pilot and Aircraft Commander with the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, comes around to line up before a personnel drop into Bunker Drop Zone at Grafenwohr, Germany for Lion Drop 12 on 09 August 2000. The 37th AS dropped members of the 1ST of the 508th Infantry Airborne Battalion Combat Team (ABCT), 173rd Airborne Brigade, from Vicenza, Italy (not shown)

Left side rear view medium close-up shot over the left shoulder of US ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: LION DROP 12 Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann, USAF Release Status: Released to ... More

Straight on medium close-up shot as US Army Sergeant Jeremy Cowham, Jumpmaster and his fellow paratroopers of the 1ST of the 508th Infantry Airborne Battalion Combat Team (ABCT), 173rd Airborne Brigade, from Vicenza, Italy, wait onboard a US Air Force C-130 Hercules from the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, as they prepare to drop into Bunker Drop Zone at Grafenwohr, Germany for Lion Drop 12 on 09 August 2000

Straight on medium close-up shot as US Army Sergeant Jeremy Cowham, Ju...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: LION DROP 12 Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ken Bergmann, USAF Release Status: Released to ... More

Straight on medium shot from a low angle loking up as US Army troops from the 1ST of the 508th Infantry Airborne Battalion Combat Team (ABCT), 173rd Airborne Brigade, from Vicenza, Italy, board a US Air Force C-130 Hercules from the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, before a drop into Bunker Drop Zone at Grafenwohr, Germany for Lion Drop 12 on 09 August 2000

Straight on medium shot from a low angle loking up as US Army troops f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: LION DROP 12 Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT... More

A C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 363rd Expeditionary Airborne Squadron (EAS), Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, takes off for its daily mission during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. The 363rd EAS is part of the coalition forces of the 363rd Air Expeditionary Wing, Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, that enforces the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq to protect and defend against Iraqi aggression

A C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 363rd Expeditionary Airborne Squadr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Sean M. Worrell, USAF Re... More

A K-loader from the 173rd Airborne Brigade, Vicenza, Italy, prepares to load its cargo onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The K-loader is carrying equipment for an upcoming Mass Tactical Exercise (MASSTAC) CRIMSON BAYONET. (Duplicate image, see also DFSD0202783 or search 010305F3329S502)

A K-loader from the 173rd Airborne Brigade, Vicenza, Italy, prepares t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CRIMSON BAYONET Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: M... More

Members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, Vicenza, Italy, load cargo onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The cargo is equipment for the upcoming Mass Tactical Exercise (MASSTAC) CRIMSON BAYONET. (Duplicate image, see also DF-SD-02-02789 or search 010305-F-3329S-511)

Members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, Vicenza, Italy, load cargo onto...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CRIMSON BAYONET Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: M... More

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Nagoster L. Franks, a Loadmaster onboard a US Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 517 Airlift Squadron, Elmendorf AFB, gives jump orders to US Army paratroopers, from the 1ST Battalion Airborne, 501st Infantry Regiment, Fort Richardson, Alaska as the aircraft approaches the drop zone. SSGT Franks and members of his crew are participating in Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 2001

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Nagoster L. Franks, a Loadmaster onboard a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE 2001 Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Op... More

Waiting for the Loadmaster the give the go sign, Sergeant First Class Dennis Lanum, USA, (left), 1ST Platoon Sergeant, C Company, 1/508 ABCT (1ST Battalion, 508th Airborne Battalion Combat Team), "Red Devils," 173rd Airborne Brigade, prepares to jump out of a C-130 Hercules, over Kosovo in support of the exercise DYNAMIC RESPONSE. The exercise included 1500 troops from six NATO and partner countries, it took place in Bosnia, Herzegovina, Kosovo and Albania to support peace operations

Waiting for the Loadmaster the give the go sign, Sergeant First Class ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DYNAMIC RESPONSE Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera ... More

US Army personnel from the 1ST Battalion (Airborne), 508th Infantry (1ST/508th), Vinceza, Italy, carrying over 100 pounds of equipment, prepare to load onto waiting C-130 Hercules. Reserve and active duty C-130's at Ramstein Air Base (AB) participate in a mass tactical exercise that will air drop in excess 140 tons of cargo and over 520 US Army Combat Paratroopers from Vinceza, Italy

US Army personnel from the 1ST Battalion (Airborne), 508th Infantry (1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Justi... More

US Army personnel from the 1ST Battalion (Airborne), 508th Infantry (1ST/508th), Vinceza, Italy check each others equipment prior to loading. Reserve and active duty C-130's at Ramstein Air Base (AB) participate in a mass tactical exercise that will air drop in excess 140 tons of cargo and over 520 US Army Combat Paratroopers from Vinceza, Italy

US Army personnel from the 1ST Battalion (Airborne), 508th Infantry (1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Justi... More

More than 750 US Army (USA) Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade, Vicenza, Italy, wait and rest prior to boarding nine US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft from the 37th Airlift Squadron (AS)

More than 750 US Army (USA) Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Edwar... More

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

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade board a ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Jon Hanson, USAF Release Status: Relea... More

US Army (USA) personnel from the 173rd Airborne Brigade from Vicenza, Italy (ITA) board a US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft for a mass jump over Grafenwoehr, Germany (DEU)

US Army (USA) personnel from the 173rd Airborne Brigade from Vicenza, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Justi... More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Byron Ballard looks back at STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jack Cooke as a C-130 Hercules aircraft loaded with a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) taxis into position to load fire retardant at Pensacola, Florida (FL)

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Byron Ballard looks back...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Shaun Withers, ... More

Green parachutes fill the ski, as Soldiers from 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, exit a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, over Bunker Drop Zone.  This event was   the unit's first mass tactical jump since transformation, 16-17 Oct 2006. (U.S. Army photo by Gary l. Kieffer) (Released)

Green parachutes fill the ski, as Soldiers from 173rd Airborne Brigade...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Grafenwoehr Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: EUROPE Scene Camera Operator: Gary L. Kieffer, USA, CIV Release Stat... More

A Soldier holds on to his parachute as he glides through the air, after exiting from a C-130 Hercules transporter aircraft, over Bunker Drop Zone. The soldier, from 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team is participating in the unit's first mass tactical jump since transformation, 16-17 Oct 2006. (U.S. Army photo by Gary l. Kieffer) (Released)

A Soldier holds on to his parachute as he glides through the air, afte...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Grafenwoehr Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: EUROPE Scene Camera Operator: Gary L. Kieffer, USA, CIV Release Stat... More

A C-130 Hercules transporter fills the ski with paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, as it flies over Bunker Drop Zone. This event is the unit's first mass tactical jump since transformation, 16-17 Oct 2006. (U.S. Army photo by Gary l. Kieffer) (Released)

A C-130 Hercules transporter fills the ski with paratroopers from the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Grafenwoehr Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: EUROPE Scene Camera Operator: Gary L. Kieffer, USA, CIV Release Stat... More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Daniel R. Ammerman, the commanding

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Daniel R. Ammerman, the commanding

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Daniel R. Ammerman, the commanding general of U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), interacts with partner-nation jumpmasters during the 18th Annual Randy Ol... More

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 824th  Quartermaster Company

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 824th Quartermaster Company

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 824th Quartermaster Company conduct a Combat Life Saver course, during an airborne operation, for the XIX Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, hosted by the U.S. Army Civi... More

Airborne Soldiers line up to donate their toys and

Airborne Soldiers line up to donate their toys and

Airborne Soldiers line up to donate their toys and receive their lottery ticket for the 20th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, hosted by U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (... More

Indonesian Army paratroopers participate with several

Indonesian Army paratroopers participate with several

Indonesian Army paratroopers participate with several other nations including the U.S. Army in an airborne rehearsal during the 17th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop hosted by U.S. Army Civil Affai... More

A soldier holds on to a mock static line as she participates

A soldier holds on to a mock static line as she participates

A soldier holds on to a mock static line as she participates in an airborne operations practice run Dec. 3, 2015, in preparation for the 18th annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop at Fort Bragg, N.C. Op... More

U.S. Army paratroopers walk to a C-130 Hercules before

U.S. Army paratroopers walk to a C-130 Hercules before

U.S. Army paratroopers walk to a C-130 Hercules before airborne operations begin in support of Operation Toy Drop, Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 5, 2015. Operation Toy Drop combines U.S. Army Reserve personnel, Army p... More

Georgian soldiers of the 32nd infantry Battalion talk

Georgian soldiers of the 32nd infantry Battalion talk

Georgian soldiers of the 32nd infantry Battalion talk with foreign civillian during a mission rehearsal exercise (MRE) at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Aug. 16, 2016. The MRE i... More

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina—U.S. and foreign jumpmasters

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina—U.S. and foreign jumpmasters

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina—U.S. and foreign jumpmasters participate in Jumpmaster Training in preparation for Operation Toy Drop XIX, Dec 7, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Operation Toy Drop is the world’s largest... More

An Airman from the 820th Base Defense Group walks past

An Airman from the 820th Base Defense Group walks past

An Airman from the 820th Base Defense Group walks past the crew door in an HC-130J Combat King II, July 14, 2017, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The 820th BDG includes airborne-qualified Airmen to support the exp... More

U.S. Army Paratroopers fill the sky at Sicily Drop

U.S. Army Paratroopers fill the sky at Sicily Drop

U.S. Army Paratroopers fill the sky at Sicily Drop Zone for the 20th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, hosted by U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), Dec. 01, 2017... More

Members of the Special Operations Test Direct prepare

Members of the Special Operations Test Direct prepare

Members of the Special Operations Test Direct prepare to perform military free fall operations using the RA-1 and Standard parachutes for the 20th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, hosted by U.S. A... More

U.S. Marines from 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd

U.S. Marines from 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd

U.S. Marines from 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division parachute out of a Lockheed C-130 Hercules on Marine Corps Outlying Field Camp Davis, N.C., Dec. 19, 2018. Free-fall airborne sustainment trai... More

An U.S. Soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 325th Parachute

An U.S. Soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 325th Parachute

An U.S. Soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 325th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, prepares for a combined exercise at Tolemaida Air Base, Nilo, Colombia on January 2... More

A paratrooper falls from the sky at Nijmegen Drop Zone

A paratrooper falls from the sky at Nijmegen Drop Zone

A paratrooper falls from the sky at Nijmegen Drop Zone for the 18th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, hosted by U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), Dec. 3, 2015, ... More

Paratroopers march in formation to receive their partner

Paratroopers march in formation to receive their partner

Paratroopers march in formation to receive their partner nation jump wings from the Colombian jumpmaster after their descent onto Sicily Drop Zone on Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 5, 2015. ‘Jump day’ is the second of ... More

U.S. Soldiers of 3rd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment,

U.S. Soldiers of 3rd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment,

U.S. Soldiers of 3rd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade take cover and return simulated fire while securing their entry control point during exercise Saber Junction 16 at the U.S. Army’... More

U.S. Army Soldiers of 3rd Infantry Division, Brigade

U.S. Army Soldiers of 3rd Infantry Division, Brigade

U.S. Army Soldiers of 3rd Infantry Division, Brigade Support Battalion briefs mission objectives while conducting a combat service support rehearsal during exercise Combined Resolve VII at the U.S. Army’s Joint... More

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, assigned to the 83rd

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, assigned to the 83rd

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, perform buddy checks on their gear before a a high altitude, low opening military free fall jump w... More

German Staff Sgt. Daniel Heims takes a photo during

German Staff Sgt. Daniel Heims takes a photo during

German Staff Sgt. Daniel Heims takes a photo during Jumpmaster Aircraft Familiarization training in support of Operation Toy Drop at Simmons Army Air Field, Cumberland County, N.C., Dec. 1, 2015. Operation Toy ... More

U.S. Army paratroopers wait aboard a C-130 to participate

U.S. Army paratroopers wait aboard a C-130 to participate

U.S. Army paratroopers wait aboard a C-130 to participate in an airborne operation and earn their Dutch jump wings during Operation Toy Drop, Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 5, 2015. Operation Toy Drop is the world’s la... More

British Army Maj. Des Henery, right, of 3rd Battalion,

British Army Maj. Des Henery, right, of 3rd Battalion,

British Army Maj. Des Henery, right, of 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment updates target locations while conducting mission planning during Swift Response 16 training exercise at the Hohenfels Training Area, a ... More

U.S. Army Capt. Marcus Smith, right, of Warhog Observer

U.S. Army Capt. Marcus Smith, right, of Warhog Observer

U.S. Army Capt. Marcus Smith, right, of Warhog Observer Coach Trainer Team, Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC)(Operations Group) mentors a Romanian soldier of 33rd Mountain Troops Battalion, 2nd Mounta... More

U.S. Army Spc. Charles Farmer, of the XVIII Airborne

U.S. Army Spc. Charles Farmer, of the XVIII Airborne

U.S. Army Spc. Charles Farmer, of the XVIII Airborne Corps, prepare to donate a bike for the 20th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, Nov. 30, 2017 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. This year, eight cou... More

U.S. Army 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Soldiers

U.S. Army 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Soldiers

U.S. Army 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Soldiers jump with Finnish, Polish and Estonian Special Operations Forces from a Lockheed C-130 Hercules during airborne operations over Rovaniemi, Finland on Mar.... More

A U.S. Air Force pilot from the 79th Fighter Squadron

A U.S. Air Force pilot from the 79th Fighter Squadron

A U.S. Air Force pilot from the 79th Fighter Squadron steps up to his F-16 Fighting Falcon prior to conducting close air support (CAS) for a multi-ship C-17 Globemaster III formation May 21, 2015, during Cresce... More

A U.S. Soldier of 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion,

A U.S. Soldier of 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion,

A U.S. Soldier of 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade ground guides a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle off rail cars in preparation for a convoy during exercise Saber Junction 16 at the U.S. Ar... More

U.S. Soldiers of 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 173rd

U.S. Soldiers of 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 173rd

U.S. Soldiers of 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade retrieves a VS-17 signal panel while conducting an airborne operation during exercise Saber Junction 16 at the U.S. Army’s Joint Multinat... More

A U.S. Soldier of the 173rd Airborne Brigade transmits

A U.S. Soldier of the 173rd Airborne Brigade transmits

A U.S. Soldier of the 173rd Airborne Brigade transmits mission updates as part of tactical operations during exercise Saber Junction 16 at the U.S. Army’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfel... More

U.S. Soldiers of 3rd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment,

U.S. Soldiers of 3rd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment,

U.S. Soldiers of 3rd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade and 173rd Airborne Brigade conduct an air mission brief during exercise Saber Junction 16 at the U.S. Army’s Joint Multinational ... More

A U.S. Soldier of 10th Brigade Engineer Battalion cleans

A U.S. Soldier of 10th Brigade Engineer Battalion cleans

A U.S. Soldier of 10th Brigade Engineer Battalion cleans his weopen while preparing to move out during exercise Combined Resolve VII at the U.S. Army’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels Germany,... More

U.S. Army Paratrooper prepares to land on Preston Drop

U.S. Army Paratrooper prepares to land on Preston Drop

U.S. Army Paratrooper prepares to land on Preston Drop Zone, Fort Gordon Ga., July 14 2018. Paratroopers conduct airborne operations in order to maintain airborne proficiency (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Josie Carlson)

A German army jumpmaster signals U.S. Army paratroopers

A German army jumpmaster signals U.S. Army paratroopers

A German army jumpmaster signals U.S. Army paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C. hook up on a German army C-160 airplane in preparation of earning their German jump wings in support of ... More

Capt. Patrick M. Smith checks a jumpmaster's harness

Capt. Patrick M. Smith checks a jumpmaster's harness

Capt. Patrick M. Smith checks a jumpmaster's harness in preparation to board a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Nijmegan Drop Zone, Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 3, 2015. This aircraft will be used in support of the 18t... More

U.S. Army, Command Sgt. Maj. James Richardson, Command

U.S. Army, Command Sgt. Maj. James Richardson, Command

U.S. Army, Command Sgt. Maj. James Richardson, Command Sgt. Maj. of the 27th Engineer Battalion, receives a Jumpmaster personnel inspection at Green Ramp, Fort Bragg, N.C., March 19, 2016. Paratroopers were pa... More

German soldiers of 12th Armored Brigade, 10th Panzer

German soldiers of 12th Armored Brigade, 10th Panzer

German soldiers of 12th Armored Brigade, 10th Panzer Division react to contact from simulated small arms fire while conducting urban operation training during exercise Saber Junction 16 at the U.S. Army’s Joint... More

British soldiers of the 3rd Parachute Regiment and

British soldiers of the 3rd Parachute Regiment and

British soldiers of the 3rd Parachute Regiment and French soldiers of 3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment conduct a coalition operations briefing during Swift Response 16 training exercise at the Hohenfels T... More

A Georgian soldier of the 32nd Infantry Battalion clears

A Georgian soldier of the 32nd Infantry Battalion clears

A Georgian soldier of the 32nd Infantry Battalion clears a weapon while conducting an urban patrol scenario during a mission rehearsal exercise (MRE) at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Ge... More

Jumpmasters from eight countries involved in Operation

Jumpmasters from eight countries involved in Operation

Jumpmasters from eight countries involved in Operation Toy Drop completed a three-day validation to enhance event cooperation and safety, Dec. 8 at Fort Bragg, N.C. Operation Toy Drop is a U. S. Army Civil Affa... More

U.S. Army paratroopers from the U.S. Army Parachute

U.S. Army paratroopers from the U.S. Army Parachute

U.S. Army paratroopers from the U.S. Army Parachute Team (Golden Knights) walks off Luzon Drop Zone during the 20th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, at Camp MacKall, North Carolina, Dec. 4, 2017. ... More

Senior Airman Kelby Gibson, left, 723d Aircraft Maintenance

Senior Airman Kelby Gibson, left, 723d Aircraft Maintenance

Senior Airman Kelby Gibson, left, 723d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) weapons load crew member and Staff Sgt. Isiah McNeal 723d AMXS load crew chief, install components to a machine gun attached to an HH-... More

A U.S. Soldier of Fox Company, 4th Battalion, 319th

A U.S. Soldier of Fox Company, 4th Battalion, 319th

A U.S. Soldier of Fox Company, 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade transmits a situation report while other Soldiers move a simulated injured Soldier for medical aid d... More

Airman 1st Class Isaiah Jackson, 23d Maintenance Squadron

Airman 1st Class Isaiah Jackson, 23d Maintenance Squadron

Airman 1st Class Isaiah Jackson, 23d Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technology journeyman, welds stainless steel, April 25, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Metals technicians support the mission by uti... More

U.S. and partner nation paratroopers practice preliminary

U.S. and partner nation paratroopers practice preliminary

U.S. and partner nation paratroopers practice preliminary landing falls for airborne operations in support of Operation Toy Drop, Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 2, 2015. Operation Toy Drop combines U.S. Army Reserve pe... More

U.S. Army and Canadian Armed Forces jumpmasters and

U.S. Army and Canadian Armed Forces jumpmasters and

U.S. Army and Canadian Armed Forces jumpmasters and paratroopers conduct an airborne operation for Operation Toy Drop at Camp Mackall, N.C., Dec. 8, 2015. Operation Toy Drop is the world’s largest combined airb... More

A paratrooper with 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment,

A paratrooper with 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment,

A paratrooper with 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade acts and reacts to fire during a live-fire situational lane during Exercise Real Thaw in Alcochete, Portugal, March 9, 2017. Exerci... More

Canadian paratrooper, Cpl. Jason Bent, from Trenton,

Canadian paratrooper, Cpl. Jason Bent, from Trenton,

Canadian paratrooper, Cpl. Jason Bent, from Trenton, Ontario, packs away his parachute after successfully completing a jump on the Nijmegen Landing Zone for the 18th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Dro... More

A Netherlands jumpmaster pins a partner nation wing

A Netherlands jumpmaster pins a partner nation wing

A Netherlands jumpmaster pins a partner nation wing onto a U.S. Army paratrooper after landing on Sicily Drop Zone during an airborne operation for the 18th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, hosted... More

A U.S. Marine from 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd

A U.S. Marine from 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd

A U.S. Marine from 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division carries his parachute back to the starting position on Marine Corps Outlying Field Camp Davis, N.C., Dec. 19, 2018. Free-fall airborne sustai... More

A German army jumpmaster gives the signal to jump to

A German army jumpmaster gives the signal to jump to

A German army jumpmaster gives the signal to jump to a U.S. Army paratrooper on a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk during airborne operations in support of the 17th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop hoste... More

U.S. Soldier assigned to the United States Special

U.S. Soldier assigned to the United States Special

U.S. Soldier assigned to the United States Special Operations Command looks at his Jump Master before jumping out of the side door of a C-130 Hercules during a Jump Master qualification course held at Stuttgart... More

U.S. paratroopers prepare for airborne operations to

U.S. paratroopers prepare for airborne operations to

U.S. paratroopers prepare for airborne operations to earn Colombian jump wings during the 18th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, hosted by U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command... More

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen and combat rescue officers,

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen and combat rescue officers,

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen and combat rescue officers, assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, prepare to conduct a high altitude, high opening military free fall jum... More

Eleck Stone, right, and his brother Bryce pull security

Eleck Stone, right, and his brother Bryce pull security

Eleck Stone, right, and his brother Bryce pull security with elements of a fire team at Fort Benning, Ga., March 19, 2015. Make-A-Wish foundation reached out to the 75th Ranger Regiment to help make Eleck's wis... More

Italian paratroopers simulate jumpmaster duties during

Italian paratroopers simulate jumpmaster duties during

Italian paratroopers simulate jumpmaster duties during jumpmaster aircraft familiarization aboard a C-130 Hercules in support of Operation Toy Drop at Simmons Army Air Field, Cumberland County, N.C., Dec. 1, 20... More

Green Beret Soldiers with the 5th Special Forces Group

Green Beret Soldiers with the 5th Special Forces Group

Green Beret Soldiers with the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) glide toward the ground under their RA-1 Ram-Air Parachute System canopies during a High Altitude-Low Opening (HALO) airborne operation. (U.S. A... More

Sgt. Angelo Palone, an Italian army jumpmaster, discusses

Sgt. Angelo Palone, an Italian army jumpmaster, discusses

Sgt. Angelo Palone, an Italian army jumpmaster, discusses airborne procedures with U.S. Army paratrooper Sgt. Austin Berner, with the 982nd Combat Camera Company, prior to an airborne jump earning U.S. Army par... More

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 4th Battalion, 319th

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 4th Battalion, 319th

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, ready an M119 howitzer dropped from a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft during an airborne... More

British Army medics take care of a French Army paratrooper

British Army medics take care of a French Army paratrooper

British Army medics take care of a French Army paratrooper during an airborne operation as part of Exercise Swift Response 16 at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command’s Hohenfels Training Area, Germ... More

A U.S. Army paratrooper prepares to land on Luzon Drop

A U.S. Army paratrooper prepares to land on Luzon Drop

A U.S. Army paratrooper prepares to land on Luzon Drop Zone during an airborne operation for the 18th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, hosted by U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations ... More

Santa and his helpers arrive at 'the lottery' where

Santa and his helpers arrive at 'the lottery' where

Santa and his helpers arrive at 'the lottery' where paratroopers can donate toys in hopes of receiving a winning lottery ticket for the opportunity to earn partner nation jump wings at the 18th Annual Randy Ole... More

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