Top photo: As part of a student-led US Air Force Weapons School mobility air forces exercise (MAFEX), soldiers from Ft. Bragg, N.C., are airdropped into the Urban Operations Complex from a USAF C-17 Nov. 18, 2009. The bi-annual MAFEX, which provides realistic training for combat air force, mobility air force, and Army personnel, comprised some 40 C-17s and C-130s from Air Force bases around the country and 400 soldiers from Ft. Bragg, as well as F-15E and HH-60 aircraft. It took place over the Nevada Test and Training Range. Bottom photo: USAF Combat Controllers observe a C-130 as it takes off from a dirt strip during MAFEX.
Top photo: US Air Force photo/A1C Jamie Nicley
Bottom photo: US Air Force photo/SSgt. Taylor Worley