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Caption:
Soldiers from the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division wait to load into
U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., on
Jan. 29, 1998. Nearly 80 aircraft will airdrop almost 3,000
personnel and their equipment into a Fort Bragg landing zone in one of
the largest airborne operations since World War II as part of Joint
Task Force Exercise 98-1. More than 30,000 U.S. military
personnel are participating in the exercise which is testing joint
forces on their ability to deploy rapidly and conduct joint operations
during a crisis. All branches of the armed forces are training
side-by-side using the latest advances in technology in a simulated
high-threat environment that involves air, naval and ground
operations. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Edward W. Nino, U.S. Army
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