Hundreds of 82nd Airborne paratroopers, packed into 19 C-130s, jumped into central Washington state in August, with the goal of "retaking" a captured airfield. They were preceded into the target area by 13 C-17s that were hastily but expertly loaded with combat gear, and together they were escorted by a package of frontline combat jets including brand-new F-35s. Mobility Guardian, the largest international air transport exercise of the modern era, was on.
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