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: Week in photos

Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Airborne Brigade out of Vicenza, Italy, pre-
pare to move out after Airmen from the 321st Special Tactics Squadron, out of
the Royal Air Force Station in Suffolk, England, land a C130 aircraft for Saber
Junction 16. SJ16 is the U.S. Army Europe’s 173rd Airborne Brigade’s combat
training center certification exercise, taking place at the Joint Multinational
Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, March 31 through April 24. The ex-
ercise is designed to evaluate the readiness of the Army’s Europe-based com-
bat brigades to conduct unified land operations and promote interoperability
in a joint, multinational environment. SJ16 includes nearly 5,000 participants
from 16 NATO and European partner nations.

Courtesy photos A loadmaster from the 36th Airlift Squadron checks a C-130 Hercules April 18
at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The 374th Airlift Wing sent two aircraft to support
Japan. The aircraft was pulled as part of the 374th Maintenance Group’s Maintenance Rodeo the Japanese government in their relief efforts for the series of earthquakes
ward and bragging rights. that recently took place in the Kyushu region. The aircraft transported heavy
vehicles and personnel from Chitose Air Base, Hokkaido, to Kyushu.

A KC-135R Stratotanker with the Ohio Air National Guard’s 121st Air Refueling Wing flies in a An Air Force firefighter assigned to the 633rd Civil Engineer Squadron ignites
formation April 15. a fire during a controlled burn April 17 at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia.
The burn prepared for the upcoming AirPower over Hampton Roads Open
House fireworks show.