9/7/2012 - Air Force Captain Zach Deshetler, 517th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane pilots, looks out over the Alaska terrain during flight training over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Aug. 23, 2012. C-17 aircraft from JBER support a variety of missions around the world, many of which include dropping U.S. Army paratroopers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Zachary Wolf)
9/7/2012 - Air Force captains Allin Oberlin (left) and Zach Deshetler, 517th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane pilots, fly their C-17 during training over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Aug. 23, 2012. C-17 aircraft from JBER support a variety of missions around the world, many of which include dropping U.S. Army paratroopers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Zachary Wolf)
9/7/2012 - Tech. Sgt. Terry Langston, 517th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, wipes down a cable on a C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Aug. 23, 2012. C-17 aircraft from JBER support a variety of missions around the world, many of which include dropping U.S. Army paratroopers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Zachary Wolf)
9/7/2012 - Training pallets drop from a 517th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane during training over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Aug. 28, 2012. C-17 aircraft from JBER support a variety of missions around the world, many of which include dropping U.S. Army paratroopers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Zachary Wolf)
9/7/2012 - Air Force captains Allin Oberlin, Zach Deshetler and Thomas Star, 517th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane pilots, fly their C-17 during night training over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Aug. 23, 2012. C-17 aircraft from JBER support a variety of missions around the world, many of which include dropping U.S. Army paratroopers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Zachary Wolf)
9/7/2012 - A training pallet is about to drop from a 517th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane during training over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Aug. 28, 2012. C-17 aircraft from JBER support a variety of missions around the world, many of which include dropping U.S. Army paratroopers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Zachary Wolf)
9/7/2012 - Training pallets parachute towards the drop zone from a Globemaster III cargo plane during training over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Aug. 28, 2012. C-17 aircraft from JBER support a variety of missions around the world, many of which include dropping U.S. paratroopers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Zachary Wolf)
9/7/2012 - Tech. Sgt. Terry Langston, 517th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, straps down two pallets in preparation for a heavy drop from a C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Aug. 23, 2012. C-17 aircraft from JBER support a variety of missions around the world, many of which include dropping U.S. Army paratroopers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Zachary Wolf)
9/7/2012 - Training pallets parachute towards the drop zone from a Globemaster III cargo plane during training over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Aug. 28, 2012. C-17 aircraft from JBER support a variety of missions around the world, many of which include dropping U.S. Army paratroopers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Zachary Wolf)