Members of the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC, hook up their static lines to the anchor cable on a US Air Force C-130 Hercules prior to their parachute jump. The paratroopers
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Members of the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC, hook up their static lines to the anchor cable on a US Air Force C-130 Hercules prior to their parachute jump. The paratroopers
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File:Soldiers from the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division ready their gear prior to a mass parachute jump from Air Force C-130J Hercules aircraft during a Joint Operation Access exercise at Pope Field
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Members of the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC, hook up their static lines to the anchor cable on a US Air Force C-130 Hercules prior to their parachute jump. The paratroopers
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Members of the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC, stand in line to load onto a US Air Force C-130 Hercules (not shown) at Pope Air Force Base, NC, for their parachute