Photo by Staff Sgt. Kirsten Brandes | 86th Airlift Wing | 10.02.2019
A group of Bulgarian paratroopers descend into Cheshnegirovo drop zone after performing a static-line jump in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Oct. 2, 2019. During Thracian Fall, the 37th Airlift Squadron provided primary airlift support to a U.S.-sponsored military free-fall course for Bulgaria’s 68th Special Forces Brigade, resulting in a total of 121 personnel drops. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt.......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Kirsten Brandes | 86th Airlift Wing | 10.02.2019
Lt. Col. Greg Kantz, C-130J Super Hercules pilot and 37th Airlift Squadron commander, looks out his window while flying over Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Oct. 2, 2019. Bulgaria’s landscape provided pilots the opportunity to conduct low-level flights through mountainous terrain during Thracian Fall. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kirsten Brandes)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Kirsten Brandes | 86th Airlift Wing | 10.02.2019
A C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron flies a low-level route through a mountainous region of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Oct. 2, 2019. Flying training deployments like Thracian Fall provide opportunities for training that are often unavailable at home station. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kirsten Brandes)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Kirsten Brandes | 86th Airlift Wing | 10.01.2019
Senior Airman Christopher Carmody and Staff Sgt. Jordon Speedy, loadmasters assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron, perform a combat offload qualification at Cheshnegirovo drop zone in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Oct. 1, 2019. During Thracian Fall 19, the 37th AS and participating units completed more than 1,200 training events in two weeks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kirsten Brandes)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Kirsten Brandes | 86th Airlift Wing | 09.30.2019
Tech. Sgt. Jason Burnham, a C-130J Super Hercules loadmaster assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron, looks out over Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Sept. 30, 2019. During Thracian Fall 19, five loadmasters were qualified to perform wet-wing defuel operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kirsten Brandes)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Kirsten Brandes | 86th Airlift Wing | 09.26.2019
A jumper with Bulgaria’s 68th Special Forces Brigade recovers his parachute after a jump into Cheshnegirovo drop zone in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Sept. 26, 2019. Once the students of the military free-fall course landed, they were expected to recover their parachutes and prepare to jump again. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kirsten Brandes)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Kirsten Brandes | 86th Airlift Wing | 09.26.2019
A jumper from the Bulgarian 68th Special Forces Brigade parachutes into Cheshnegirovo drop zone in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Sept. 26, 2019. The military free-fall course will allow members of the 68th SFB to qualify on a new type of parachute. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kirsten Brandes)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Kirsten Brandes | 86th Airlift Wing | 09.26.2019
A group of jumpers with Bulgaria’s 68th Special Forces Brigade and U.S. military jumpmasters walk out to a 37th Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules at Cheshnegirovo drop zone in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Sept. 26, 2019. During Thracian Fall 19, 37th AS airmen and aircraft are providing primary airlift support for Bulgarian 68th SFB members completing a U.S.-sponsored military free fall course.......
