A Air Force load master observes aboard a MC-130E aircraft as two CH-47 Chinook helicopters approach for an aerial refueling during Emerald Warrior, Duke Field, Fla., March 6, 2012. The primary purpose of Emerald Warrior is to exercise special operations components in urban and irregular warfare settings to support combatant commanders in theater campaigns. Emerald Warrior leverages lessons from Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom and other historical lessons to provide better trained and ready forces to combatant commanders. .
A Air Force load master observes aboard a MC-130E aircraft as two CH-47 Chinook helicopters approach for an aerial refueling during Emerald Warrior, Duke Field, Fla., March 6, 2012. The primary purpose of Emerald Warrior is to exercise special operations components in urban and irregular warfare settings to support combatant commanders in theater campaigns. Emerald Warrior leverages lessons from Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom and other historical lessons to provide better trained and ready forces to combatant commanders. .
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