A group of Army Paratroopers, assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne) descends onto the drop zone with their T-11 parachutes after exiting a C-17 aircraft onto Drop Zone Kelly, Kelly Airfield, Lackland Air Base, Texas; Mar. 23, 2019. The Joint Forcible Entry exercise is an annual large scale airborne drop and land mobility mission that simulates a contested battlefield scenario as a way of training units for dangerous situations that can occur while deployed.

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