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U.S. soldiers jump from an Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft above Juliet Drop Zone in Pordenone, Italy, Feb. 19, 2015, during airborne operations training. The paratroopers are assigned to the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, and are the Army’s Europe-based, contingency-response force.

AIRBORNE OPERATIONS

U.S. soldiers jump from an Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft above Juliet Drop Zone in Pordenone, Italy, Feb. 19, 2015, during airborne operations training. The paratroopers are assigned to the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, and are the Army’s Europe-based, contingency-response force.

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