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U.S. Army joint airdrop inspection riggers rig static lines for an airdrop on a C-17 Globemaster III at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, May 4, 2012. The U.S. Air Forces Air Mobility Division uses the C-17 as one of two aerial resupply platforms. In 2011, the division directed the dropping of more than 58,000 bundles of critical supplies to personnel in austere combat outposts.

AIRDROP RIGGING

U.S. Army joint airdrop inspection riggers rig static lines for an airdrop on a C-17 Globemaster III at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, May 4, 2012. The U.S. Air Forces Air Mobility Division uses the C-17 as one of two aerial resupply platforms. In 2011, the division directed the dropping of more than 58,000 bundles of critical supplies to personnel in austere combat outposts.

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