Air Force 1st Lt. Chris Culp-Cano, a pilot with the 8th Airlift Squadron, conducts pre-flight checks prior to takeoff on a C-17 Globemaster III as part of Exercise Rainer War 22A at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 22, 2022. Rainier War 22-A exercised and evaluated the 62nd Airlift wing’s ability to employ the force and its ability to perform during wartime and/or contingency taskings in a high-intensity, wartime contested, degraded and operationally limited environment while supporting the contingency operations against a near-peer adversary.

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Keywords: -17, air, amc, force, globemaster, iii, jber, jblm, mountains