The following video was taken during Joint Operations Access Exercise taking place from Jun. 4 to Jun. 11 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. A joint operations access exercise is a two week exercise to prepare United States Air Force and Army service members to respond to worldwide crises and contingency operations with a wide variety of missions.
Including heavy air drops at night.
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