Air Force Staff Sgt. Gary Patterson, 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, installs a foot ramp onto a C-130 Hercules from Yokota Air Base, Japan, during RED FLAG-Alaska at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Ala., Aug. 12, 2015. More than 60 Army Soldiers with the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, and more than 20 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members jumped from multiple C-130 Hercules during the training. Red Flag-Alaska is an exercise that provides joint offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support and large force employment training in a simulated combat en

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Air Force Staff Sgt. Gary Patterson, 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, installs a foot ramp onto a C-130 Hercules from Yokota Air Base, Japan, during RED FLAG-Alaska at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Ala., Aug. 12, 2015. More than 60 Army Soldiers with the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, and more than 20 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members jumped from multiple C-130 Hercules during the training. Red Flag-Alaska is an exercise that provides joint offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment. More than 20 allied countries have participated in Red Flag-Alaska since its conception, improving integration, interoperability and cross-cultural competence. ( Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cody H. Ramirez/Released)

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