Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C., sit aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from the 249th Airlift Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, Jan. 11 during a joint airborne air transportability training mission. The 249th AS, based out of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, conducted a squadron-wide mock deployment with several missions during their two-week annual training, based out of Gulfport, Miss., Jan. 8-18. Other missions included assault zone training, low level training, approach at unfamiliar airports, and a simulated astronaut rescue mission in the Atlantic Ocean with NASA and personnel from the 45th Space Wing and the 920th Rescue Wing.
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Courtesy photo by 249th Airlift Squadron
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