Photos by Staff Sgt. Kirby Turbak
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs November 26, 2020
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tim Gaston, 37th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, guides a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System onto a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft at Ramstein Air Base, Nov. 19. The 37th AS supported exercise Rapid Falcon, a training and readiness exercise involving U.S. and Romanian army field artillery units at Mihail Kogalniceanu Airbase, Romania. The training will support the ability to conduct Dynamic Force Employment across the Joint Force.
U.S. Soldiers from the 41st Field Artillery Brigade watch as a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System is loaded onto a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft at Ramstein Air Base, Nov. 19. Rapid Falcon is a bilateral, joint training event that involves rapid infiltration of two U.S. military HIMARS and personnel to conduct a quick raid-type fire mission, followed by a rapid reloading of the aircraft and departure from the area.
A U.S. Soldier from the 41st Field Artillery Brigade reconfigures a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System for transport on a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft at Ramstein Air Base, Nov. 19. The 41st Field Artillery Brigade is part of the 77th Field Artillery Regiment, which was reactivated in Grafenwoehr, Germany, in September 2020. Exercise Rapid Falcon is the unit’s second live-fire event since reactivation.
A U.S. Soldier from the 41st Field Artillery Brigade inspects a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System before loading it onto a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft at Ramstein Air Base, Nov. 19. Two HIMARS were deployed to Mihail Kogalniceanu Airbase, Romania to participate in a live-fire exercise called Rapid Falcon with the Romanian army.
A High Mobility Artillery Rocket System waits to be loaded onto a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft at Ramstein Air Base, Nov. 19. The 37th Airlift Squadron supported exercise Rapid Falcon, a training and readiness exercise involving U.S. and Romanian army field artillery units at Mihail Kogalniceanu Airbase, Romania.
U.S. Soldiers from the 41st Field Artillery Brigade secure a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System inside a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft at Ramstein Air Base, Nov. 19. Multinational exercises like Rapid Falcon improve security, interoperability and host nation relations. While demonstrating the U.S. military’s ability to rapidly deploy warfighters and long-range precision fires capabilities at a moment’s notice anywhere in the European theater.
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