C-130J Super Hercules from the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, fly in a 10 ship formation over southern Germany in support of Exercise Bayonet Resolve Oct. 5, 2011. This joint exercise with U.S. Army members highlights Ramstein's training, war readiness, and combat delivery capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Amn. Stephen J. Otero)
A Bulgarian Army parartrooper receives instructions just prior to static line parachuting from a C-130J, during Operation Thracian Fall 2011, Oct. 19, 2011, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. OTF11 is off-station training designed to enhance interoperability between U.S. and Bulgarian Air Forces as well as build partnerships with paratroopers from both. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Stephen J. Otero)
A C-27J Spartan from the Bulgarian Air Force awaits takeoff during Operation Thracian Fall 2011, Oct. 19, 2011, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. OTF11 is off-station training designed to enhance interoperability between U.S. and Bulgarian Air Forces as well as build partnerships with paratroopers from both. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Stephen J. Otero)
Bulgarian Army parartroopers don static line parachutes during Operation Thracian Fall 2011, Oct. 19, 2011, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. OTF11 is off-station training designed to enhance interoperability between U.S. and Bulgarian Air Forces as well as build partnerships with paratroopers from both. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Stephen J. Otero)
KHOST PROVINCE, Afghanistan - An Afghan National Army soldier, 2-1 Kandak Weapons Co. maintains peremiter security during a security assesment in Shembawot Village, Khost Province, Afghanistan, Dec. 14. ANA and U.S. soldiers performed a combined patrol to assess area security. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Stephen J. Otero, Khost PRT Public Affairs)
