If you've ever wondered what it might look like when US troops us the cover of darkness to insert troops and equipment into a war zone, wonder nor more. The 517th Airlift Squadron's C-17 Globemaster III planes lit up the night sky, near Anchorage as they conducted nighttime drop exercises at the Malemute Drop Zone, just west of Lower Fire Lake
H/T Marc C
Sunday, 28 September 2014
JBER troops conduct night drop:
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I was stationed at JBER from 1993 to 1999, and again from 2001 to 2006.
We stayed in Anchorage after my retirement and I went and work for three years at the USARAK Command Center as an Emergency Actions Controller. I completed many reports on jumps into Malemute DZ. I can’t remember if I was on duty for any night jumps.
Thanks for showing JBER and Alaska on the blog.
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