PAPA AIR BASE, Hungary — Soldiers from 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), Vicenza, Italy, wait to load into a C-130 Hercules for an airborne operation, July 18. The 449 paratroopers participating in the operation include Allies from Canada, Hungary and Italy. The operation is part of Swift Response, a led airborne exercise, which will include two airfield seizures, an air assault operation and air movement of a platoon of Strykers from 2nd Cavalry Regiment. ( Army photo by Sgt. Shiloh Capers)

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