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Reserve Citizen Airmen aircrew from the 97th, 313th, and 728th Airlift Squadrons, including Chief Master Sgt. Derek Bryant, the loadmaster senior enlisted leader of the 728th AS, and Lt. Col. Mark Hahn, an aircraft commander and evaluator instructor pilot assigned to the 728th AS, alongside U.S. Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade participated in the commemoration airborne operation marking the 20th anniversary of Operation Northern Delay on March 22, 2023, at Aviano Air Base, Italy.
Operation Northern Delay occurred on March 26, 2003, six days after Operation Iraqi Freedom began. The C-17 aircrew dropped 1,000 paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade into northern Iraq. This marked the largest combat parachute operation conducted by the U.S. military since Operation Just Cause.
| Date Taken: | 03.22.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 04.02.2023 19:33 |
| Category: | B-Roll |
| Video ID: | 877987 |
| VIRIN: | 230322-F-EP422-330 |
| Filename: | DOD_109544260 |
| Length: | 00:01:42 |
| Location: | IT |
| Downloads: | 7 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 7 |
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