US, Greek forces team up in two-week FTD

Photos by Senior Airman Timothy Moore
Greek paratroopers board a C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron Feb. 4 during Stolen Cerberus II, a flying training deployment in Elefsis, Greece. The FTD is designed to improve the interoperability of the U.S. and Greek air forces. The training ends Saturday.
Greek paratroopers board a C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron Feb. 4 during Stolen Cerberus II, a flying training deployment in Elefsis, Greece. The FTD is designed to improve the interoperability of the U.S. and Greek air forces. The training ends Saturday.

 

Greek paratroopers board a C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron Feb. 4 during Stolen Cerberus II.
Greek paratroopers board a C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron Feb. 4 during Stolen Cerberus II.

 

Tech. Sgt. George Broom, 435th Air Mobility Squadron contingency airfield manager, looks through night vision goggles to monitor a C-130J Super Hercules’ approach to a runway Feb. 5 in Elefsis, Greece. The 435th Air Ground Operations Wing’s Contingency Response Group is implementing a new landing zone program that will allow members of CRGs to prepare landing zone operations from picking the location to actually providing limited air traffic control.
Tech. Sgt. George Broom, 435th Air Mobility Squadron contingency airfield manager, looks through night vision goggles to monitor a C-130J Super Hercules’ approach to a runway Feb. 5 in Elefsis, Greece. The 435th Air Ground Operations Wing’s Contingency Response Group is implementing a new landing zone program that will allow members of CRGs to prepare landing zone operations from picking the location to actually providing limited air traffic control.

 

A Hellenic air force airman does a final inspection on a Greek-configured boat rig before it is loaded onto a C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron Feb. 6 in Elefsis, Greece. The rig was prepared to be dropped from the C-130 during Stolen Cerberus II.
A Hellenic air force airman does a final inspection on a Greek-configured boat rig before it is loaded onto a C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron Feb. 6 in Elefsis, Greece. The rig was prepared to be dropped from the C-130 during Stolen Cerberus II.

 

Tech. Sgt. George Broom, 435th Air Mobility Squadron contingency airfield manager, speaks to the crew of a C-130J Super Hercules as it approaches a runway Feb. 5.
Tech. Sgt. George Broom, 435th Air Mobility Squadron contingency airfield manager, speaks to the crew of a C-130J Super Hercules as it approaches a runway Feb. 5.

 

Staff Sgt. Joshua Nelson (left), 37th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, waits to give the “go” signal to U.S. Army jumpmasters and Greek paratroopers on a C-130J Super Hercules.
Staff Sgt. Joshua Nelson (left), 37th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, waits to give the “go” signal to U.S. Army jumpmasters and Greek paratroopers on a C-130J Super Hercules.

 

Hellenic air force paratroopers inspect their parachutes  Feb. 4 before boarding a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules for a night jump.
Hellenic air force paratroopers inspect their parachutes Feb. 4 before boarding a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules for a night jump.