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Caption:
United States, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Army personnel line up to
board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Pope Air Force Base,
N.C., for a parachute drop over the Sicily dropzone at Fort Bragg,
N.C., on Sept. 11, 1997. The soldiers are rehearsing to take part
in the longest distance airborne operation in history during Exercise
Central Asian Battalion '97. Exercise Central Asian Battalion
Ô97 involves more than 900 military personnel from Georgia,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Russia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan who are
training with over 500 U.S. military troops to hone their skills in
peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance. The exercise will
enhance regional cooperation and increase interoperability training
among NATO and Partnership for Peace nations. The exercise is being
held in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, and Chirchik, Uzbekistan. The Globemaster
is from the 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base,
S.C. DoD photo by Staff Sergeant Paul R. Caron, U.S. Air Force.
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