Firebirds support cargo drop

ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- A pallet darts out of a 517th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III Sept. 26. The 517th AS trains daily for cargo and troops drops to prepare for real world contingencies. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jonathan Steffen)

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Firebirds support cargo drop

ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Capt. Dennis Nita, 517th Airlift Squadron, awaits his clearance to take off as an F-15C Eagle comes in for landing Sept. 26. The 517th AS trains daily for cargo and troops drops to prepare for real world contingencies. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jonathan Steffen)

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Firebirds support cargo drop

ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Staff Sgt. John Metzger, 517th Airlift Squadron, inspects the parachute prior to flight Sept. 26. The 517th AS trains daily for cargo and troops drops to prepare for real world contingencies. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jonathan Steffen)

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Firebirds support cargo drop

ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Staff Sgt. Terry Langston, a 517th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, tapes the parachute to the pallet for air drop Sept. 26. The 517th AS trains daily for cargo and troops drops to prepare for real world contingencies. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jonathan Steffen)

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Firebirds support cargo drop

ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Staff Sgt. Terry Langston, a 517th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, sets the locks on the track system Sept. 26. The 517th AS trains daily for cargo and troops drops to prepare for real world contingencies. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jonathan Steffen)

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ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- The initial parachute begins to pull a pallet out of a C-17 Globemaster III during an aerial delivery on September 26, 2008. The 517th Airlift Squadron uses these drops to prepare for aerial deliveries in wartime situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kristin High)

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ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Staff Sgt. Aaron Pocaigue and Senior Airman Brandon Walker, 3rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, retrieve a parachute from an aerial delivery Sept. 26. The 3rd LRS uses these drops to prepare for aerial deliveries in wartime situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Kristin High)

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ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Staff Sgt. Aaron Pocaigue, 3rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, wraps a parachute from an aerial delivery Sept. 26. The 3rd LRS uses these drops to prepare for aerial deliveries in wartime situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Kristin High)

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Firebirds support cargo drop

Published Sept. 29, 2008