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Airmen support Large Package Week, EDRE

Airmen support joint Large Package Week, EDRE

POPE ARMY AIRFIELD, N.C. — Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg prepare to load a C-17 Globemaster III on Feb. 9, 2018, during a joint Large Package Week and Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise held here Feb. 5-11. Airmen in the 43d Air Mobility Operations Group at Pope provided ground support for visiting Air Force aircrews airlifting Soldiers and equipment out of Pope Field during the exercise. Throughout the week, Air Mobility Command crews carried out 173 missions, transporting more than 3,000 paratroopers and 2.8 million pounds of heavy vehicles, container delivery systems and other cargo. Airmen in the 43d AMOG here serve as the linchpin for America’s Global Response Force, connecting AMC airlift and Brigade Combat Teams of the 82nd ABN DIV, and providing operations, maintenance, Aerial Port, fuels, ground equipment and other support. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marc Barnes)

Airmen support joint Large Package Week, EDRE

POPE ARMY AIRFIELD, N.C. — Staff Sgt. Justin Simpson, an aerospace propulsion craftsman in the 43d Air Mobility Squadron Maintenance Flight here, takes a measurement while completing a repair on a C-17 Globemaster III engine on Green Ramp Feb. 8, 2018, during a joint Large Package Week and Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise held Feb. 5-11. Airmen in the 43d Air Mobility Operations Group at Pope provided maintenance and other ground support for visiting Air Force aircrews airlifting Soldiers and equipment out of Pope Field during the exercise. Throughout the week, Air Mobility Command crews carried out 173 missions, transporting more than 3,000 paratroopers and 2.8 million pounds of heavy vehicles, container delivery systems and other cargo. Airmen in the 43d AMOG here serve as the linchpin for America’s Global Response Force, connecting AMC airlift and Brigade Combat Teams of the 82nd ABN DIV, and providing operations, maintenance, Aerial Port, fuels, ground equipment and other support. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marc Barnes)

Airmen support joint Large Package Week, EDRE

POPE ARMY AIRFIELD, N.C. — A C-130J Hercules from the 19th Airlift Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., launches with a load of 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers here Feb. 9, 2018, during a joint Large Package Week and Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise held Feb. 5-11. Airmen in the 43d Air Mobility Operations Group at Pope provided ground support for visiting Air Force aircrews airlifting Soldiers and equipment out of Pope Field during the exercise. Throughout the week, Air Mobility Command crews carried out 173 missions, transporting more than 3,000 paratroopers and 2.8 million pounds of heavy vehicles, container delivery systems and other cargo. Airmen in the 43d AMOG here serve as the linchpin for America’s Global Response Force, connecting AMC airlift and Brigade Combat Teams of the 82nd ABN DIV, and providing operations, maintenance, Aerial Port, fuels, ground equipment and other support. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marc Barnes)

Airmen support joint Large Package Week, EDRE

POPE ARMY AIRFIELD, N.C. — Staff Sgt. Paul McClain, an aircraft electrician in the 43d Air Mobility Squadron Maintenance Flight here, reviews maintenance procedures while working in a C-17 Globemaster III on Green Ramp Feb. 9, 2018, during a joint Large Package Week and Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise held Feb. 5-11. Airmen in the 43d Air Mobility Operations Group at Pope provided maintenance and other ground support for visiting Air Force aircrews airlifting Soldiers and equipment out of Pope Field during the exercise. Throughout the week, Air Mobility Command crews carried out 173 missions, transporting more than 3,000 paratroopers and 2.8 million pounds of heavy vehicles, container delivery systems and other cargo. Airmen in the 43d AMOG here serve as the linchpin for America’s Global Response Force, connecting AMC airlift and Brigade Combat Teams of the 82nd ABN DIV, and providing operations, maintenance, Aerial Port, fuels, ground equipment and other support. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marc Barnes)

Airmen support joint Large Package Week, EDRE

POPE ARMY AIRFIELD, N.C. — An Air Force Special Operations Command CV-22 Osprey takes off from Green Ramp here Feb. 8, 2018, near an Air Mobility Command C-17 Globemaster III during a joint Large Package Week and Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise, which was held Feb. 5-11. The CV-22 is the Special Operation Forces variant of the U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey, and enables AFSOC aircrews to execute long-range special operations missions which would normally require both fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft. Airmen in the 43d Air Mobility Operations Group at Pope provide ground support for visiting Air Force aircrews operating out of Pope Field. (U.S. Air Force photo/Marc Barnes)