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Feature October 14, 2011 17
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Aid away . . .
AFGHANISTAN — Staff Sgt. Peter Jensen collects
straps which restrained airdrop bundles in the
back of a C-17 Globemaster III. Jensen and the
crew of the C-17 dropped 40 bundles to a remote
sight in Afghanistan. Jensen is a loadmaster
assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift
Wing.
Just dropping in . . .
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. - A U.S. Air Force
Airman, 820th RED HORSE airborne flight,
parachutes into a drop zone from a C-130
Hercules during a training mission Oct. 4, 2011,
at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. RED HORSE and
6th Combat Training Squadron Airmen perform
airdrop missions to stay current on training and
certifications, enabling them to perform jump
missions and operate their own drop zones.
Courtesy photo
Photo by Master Sgt. Jeremy Lock
Flying high . . .
NEW MEXICO—An F-22 Raptor flies
high over the Tularosa Basin in
southern New Mexico during an airto-air
combat mission. The aircraft is
assigned to the 7th Flying Squadron
at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M.
Like herding cattle . . .
JOINT AIR BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM,
Hawaii—Major Douglas Riley tries to corral
water buffalo into a pen for examination
in Fuiloro, Timor-Leste during Exercise
Pacific Angel 11-02. Riley is a 13th Air Force
international health veterinarian.
Nellis and the United States Air Force . . .
Courtesy Photo
’s first full-spectrum training environment rotation. The C-130J is assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein AB, Germany.