paratroopers from Company A, 1-503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade and Italian Army soldiers from Folgore Brigade are conducting an airborne operation from a C-27 Spartan aircraft during a combined air assault and seizure of Lidia Drop Zone, Siena, Italy, during Mangusta 16 exercise, Nov. 15, 2016. Mangusta is a combined and Italian airborne assault exercise designed to strengthen military partnerships and increase readiness for both countries.

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