(U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Divine Cox)
Eleven C-17 Globemaster IIIs line up on the Moses Lake runway Dec. 10, 2015, after an airdrop during exercise Rainier War at Moses Lake, Wash.
Rainier War is a semiannual large formation exercise, hosted by the 62nd Airlift Wing, designed to train aircrews under realistic scenarios that support a full spectrum operations against modern threats and replicate today’s contingency operations.
(U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Divine Cox)
Staff Sgt. Joseph Timpson, a 10th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, gives a thumbs up after an airdrop during exercise Rainier War Dec. 10, 2015, over the Rainier drop zone in Washington.
(U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Divine Cox)
Staff Sgts. Joseph Timpson and Robert Michaels, loadmasters from the 10th Airlift Squadron, tie down a parachute during exercise Rainier War Dec. 10, 2015, before approaching the Rainier drop zone in Washington.
(U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Divine Cox)
A heavy container delivery system cargo drops out the back of a C-17 Globemaster III during the exercise Rainier War Dec. 10, 2015, over the Rainier drop zone in Washington.
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