A HEMTT A4 Light Equipment Transporter sits near the flightline, wating to be offloaded on February 22, 2021, at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, as part of Exercise Patriot Sands. Exercise PATRIOT SANDS is an annual Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command exercise for Contingency Response Squadrons/Flights to train to deploy within 72 hours of tasking as a Contingency Response Element (CRE). A CRE is the front line of command and control, comprised of experienced airlift and operations personnel to manage, coordinate, and control air mobility assets.

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