Panther Brigade Artillery Paratroopers Partner with 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade Aviators to Sling Load Howitzers, Conduct Live-Fire Exercise

Photo By Sgt. Zackary Nixon | Paratroopers from Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment fire an artillery round from an M1193A Howitzer during a live-fire exercise held Oct. 24, 2018 on Fort Bragg. Aviators from Company C, 2-82 Aviation Regiment, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade sling-loaded the artillery piece into place as part of an exercise testing the paratroopers’ and aviators’ ability to integrate their capabilities while demonstrating their technical expertise and tactical capability to provide lethal fires.  

FORT BRAGG, NC, UNITED STATES

10.24.2018

Story by Maj. Thomas Cieslak 

3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division

Artillery paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division conducted sling load operations and a live-fire exercise Oct. 24, 2018 on Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Paratroopers from Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment partnered with aviators from Company C, 2-82 Aviation Regiment, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade to conduct the complex air assault and live fire exercise.

The operation tested the paratroopers’ and aviators’ ability to integrate their capabilities while demonstrating their technical expertise and tactical capability to provide lethal fires.

• Date Taken: 10.24.2018
• Date Posted: 10.26.2018 11:52
• Story ID: 297851
• Location: FORT BRAGG, NC, US