Air Force Master Sgt. Grant Lane and Senior Airman Klayton Curran, both loadmasters assigned to the 9th Special Operations Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, discuss jump plans on board an MC-130J Commando II multimission combat transport/special operations aircraft during an airborne drop over Allen Army Airfield near Ft. Greely, Alaska, May 11, 2021 as part of Northern Edge 2021 (NE21). Army paratroopers from Alaska's 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division were on board the jet to execute a joint forcible entry operation (JFEO). The JFEO ex
Air Force Master Sgt. Grant Lane and Senior Airman Klayton Curran, both loadmasters assigned to the 9th Special Operations Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, discuss jump plans on board an MC-130J Commando II multimission combat transport/special operations aircraft during an airborne drop over Allen Army Airfield near Ft. Greely, Alaska, May 11, 2021 as part of Northern Edge 2021 (NE21). Army paratroopers from Alaska's 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division were on board the jet to execute a joint forcible entry operation (JFEO). The JFEO exercise involved more than 400 Army paratroopers, and other military members from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines, and more than a dozen aircraft assigned to squadrons throughout the United States including CH-47s, and Air Force HC-130 Hercules , MC-130J Commando IIs, and C-17 Globemaster IIIs. Realistic warfighting training, like JFEO, conducted during Northern Edge 2021, provided a venue for the joint force to develop and improve interoperability, and enhance combat readiness. Approximately 15,000 service members are participating in NE21 hosted by Pacific Air Forces May 3-14, 2021, on and above the JPARC, the Gulf of Alaska, and temporary maritime activities area.
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