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About 1,600 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division packed 18 C-17 Globemaster IIIs from Joint Base Charleston, S.C. en-route to a a Fort Bragg, N.C. airdrop May 25. (U.S. Air Force Photo / Master Sgt, Shane Ellis) Carolina skies turn grey during large formation exercise
Aircrews from the 315th and 437th Airlift Wings took off the morning of May 25, from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, in 18 C-17 Globemaster IIIs as part of a large formation exercise over Carolina skies. Exercise Bonny Jack was a joint service exercise with about 1,600 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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2017
Pope Army Airfield, N.C.- During the inactivation ceremony of the 440th Airlift Wing, supporting units of the wing present their guidons for the last time. The 440th Airlift Wing inactivated September 18, 2016, at Pope Field, NC. The third oldest unit in the Air Force, the 440th AW's first operational drop was in Normandy, France on D-Day. From 2007 to 2016, while based at Fort Bragg, the unit provided air support for more than 102,000 paratroopers, flew more than 27,000 hours, and supported Operations CORONET OAK, IRAQI FEREDOM, NEW DAWN, ENDURING FREEDOM, UNIFIED RESPONSE, and INHERENT RESOLVE. (US Air Force photo by Allison Janssen) Casing honor: 440th Airlift Wing inactivates
Members of the 440th Airlift Wing, Airmen from around the country, soldiers and community members gathered yesterday to honor generations of Airmen and pay tribute to the legacy of the Air Force's third oldest unit during its inactivation ceremony Sept.18.Though members of the 440th have been planning and arranging for the closure of the wing's
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2016
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