Army paratroopers from the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Army Alaska, board an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III prior to departing for a joint forced-entry operation during Northern Edge 21 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 11, 2021. Approximately 15,000 service members participate in a joint training exercise hosted by Pacific Air Forces May 3-14, 2021, on and above the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, the Gulf of Alaska, and temporary maritime activities area. NE21 is one in a series of Indo-Pacific Command exercises d


Army paratroopers from the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Army Alaska, board an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III prior to departing for a joint forced-entry operation during Northern Edge 21 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 11, 2021. Approximately 15,000 service members participate in a joint training exercise hosted by Pacific Air Forces May 3-14, 2021, on and above the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, the Gulf of Alaska, and temporary maritime activities area. NE21 is one in a series of Indo-Pacific Command exercises designed to sharpen the joint forces' skills, practice tactics, techniques, and procedures, improve command, control, and communication relationships develop cooperative plans and programs. Airmen from the 3rd Wing operated two C-17 Globemaster IIIs for the JFEO.


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