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    Heavy Drop Rigging [Image 4 of 7]

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    Heavy Drop Rigging

    ITALY

    01.16.2018

    Photo by Lt. Col. John Hall 

    173rd Airborne Brigade

    Rigged, inspected and ready for airborne insertion by SSG Giovani Gomez, extraction chute NCOIC, and the crew at the heavy drop facility at Aviano Air Base. This M-777 Howitzer package, weighing in at 19,000 pounds, is about to be loaded onto a C-130 Hercules, flown over the Alps from Italy and dropped onto Bunker Drop Zone in Germany where it will be quickly placed into action by 173d Airborne Brigade’s 4/319 AFAR in support of Scouts from the 1/91 Cavalry.

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    Date Taken: 01.16.2018
    Date Posted: 01.20.2018 10:53
    Photo ID: 4086901
    VIRIN: 180116-A-VI272-651
    Resolution: 6000x4000
    Size: 12.11 MB
    Location: IT

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