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Yokota Airmen execute jump training

Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Jonas, the 374th Operations Support Squadron’s survival, evasion, resistance and escape operations NCO in charge, jumps out of a C-130 Hercules while flying over Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 2, 2016. During the high-altitude, low-opening airdrop, Jonas jumped from 10,000 feet in the air and parachuted to the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman David Owsianka)
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JGSDF, USARAK, RAAF, USAF, conduct joint jump training for Pacific Airlift Rally 2015

Paratroopers assigned to 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment descend after jumping out of a C-130 Hercules, assigned to the 374th Wing from Yokota Air Base, Japan, over the Malemute drop zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 24, 2015. Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force and Army paratroopers conducted the practice jump utilizing Royal Australian and U.S. Air Force aircraft as part of Pacific Airlift Rally 2015. The exercise is a biennial, multilateral tactical military symposium designed to enhance military airlift interoperability and cooperation between nations of the Pacific region for future humanitarian missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Alejandro Pena)
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Falling for it: Airborne Airmen conduct proficiency parachute training

Members of the 736th Security Forces Squadron board an MH-60 Sierra, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25, July 3, 2015, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. HSC-25 provides vital airlift support to the 736th SFS, assisting with their quarterly static line parachute operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Katrina M. Brisbin)
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Matthew Shull parachutes during a practice competition Sept. 12, 2014, in New Jersey. His positioning enables him to reduce drag and increase distance. Shull is from the 3rd Space Operations Squadron. (Courtesy Photo/Christine Alogna)
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The Army’s 11th Quartermaster Company parachute riggers assemble 40 container delivery system bundles of water onto a C-17 Globemaster III for a humanitarian airdrop Aug. 30, 2014, over the area of Amirli, Iraq. Two C-17s dropped 79 bundles of fresh drinking water totaling 7,513 gallons. In addition, two C-130 Hercules dropped 30 bundles containing 3,032 gallons of water and 7,056 Meals, Ready to Eat. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel)
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Master Sgts. Stephen Brown (left) and Emily Edmunds, 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron loadmasters, sort candy to attach to container delivery system bundles filled with fresh drinking water on a C-17 Globemaster III in preparation for a humanitarian airdrop Aug. 30, 2014, over the area if Amirli, Iraq. The candy was collected by the squadron to supplement United States government humanitarian aid. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel)
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Master Sgts. Stephen Brown (right) and Emily Edmunds attach candy to container delivery system bundles filled with fresh drinking water on a C-17 Globemaster III in preparation for a humanitarian airdrop Aug. 30, 2014, over the area if Amirli, Iraq. The candy was collected by the squadron to supplement United States government humanitarian aid. Brown and Edmunds are 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron loadmasters. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel)
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Senior Airman Paul Maginnis prepares to open the back door on a C-17 Globemaster III during a humanitarian air drop of 40 container delivery system bundles filled with fresh drinking water Aug. 31, 2014, over the area of Amirli, Iraq. Lights are dimmed or shut off completely to lower visibility to threats from the ground. The airdrop included two C-17s and two C-130 Hercules delivering 10,545 gallons of fresh drinking water and 7,056 Halal Meals Ready to Eat. Maginnis is a 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron loadmaster. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel)
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Humanitarian Airdrop over Amrili, Iraq

Senior Airman Jon Woerzburger awaits engine start prior to a Aug. 30, 2014, humanitarian airdrop mission over Amirli, Iraq. The two C-17 Globemaster IIIs dropped 79 container delivery system bundles of fresh drinking water totaling 7,513 gallons. In addition, two U.S. C-130 Hercules aircraft dropped 30 bundles totaling 3,032 gallons of fresh drinking water and 7,056 meals ready to eat. Woerzburg is a C-17 flying crew chief with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Vernon Young
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Staff Sgt. Martin Ruemenapp loads a dummy March 10, 2014, as part of a U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School Test Management Project at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. The project involved modifying a C-12C in order to come up with a more cost-effective way of conducting dummy drop parachute testing for the Air Force. Ruemenapp is a 412th Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape instructor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Christian Turner)
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Chief Master Sgt. Paul Koester freefalls from the C-17 Globemaster III ramp into a high-altitude low-opening parachute deployment Nov. 17, 2013, during Exercise Kiwi Flag over the New Zealand Defence Force Raumai Drop Zone near Ohakea, New Zealand. Kiwi Flag is a multilateral Royal New Zealand Air Force-sponsored tactical airlift exercise at RNZAF Base Ohakea. Koester is a 517th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron jumpmaster. Koester is also the pararescue functional manager for the Battlefield Airmen Branch at Pacific Air Forces Headquarters at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Williams is deployed from the 535th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Denise Johnson)
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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Justin Gordon, the assistant noncommissioned officer in charge of survival, evasion, resistance and escape training with the 52nd Operations Support Squadron, completes a static line jump July 26, 2013, at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Gordon participated in the training to maintain his qualifications and also reenlisted prior to the jump. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gustavo Castillo/Released)
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