Photo by Staff Sgt. James Harris | Joint Base Charleston | 06.05.2025
A C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft sits on the flightline at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, May 6, 2025. The aircraft is capable of rapidly delivering troops and of cargo to main operating locations around the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James E. Harris III)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. James Harris | Joint Base Charleston | 06.05.2025
A C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft sits on the flightline at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, May 6, 2025. The aircraft is capable of rapidly delivering troops and of cargo to main operating locations around the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James E. Harris III)...
Courtesy Photo | Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department | 02.23.2021
Adaptive Trials test multiple treatments against the Standard of Care (SOC) simultaneously. If one treatment performs well it can become the new SOC and future treatments are evaluated against it. If a treatment does poorly, it is removed from the trial. Additional treatment candidates can enter as new arms at any time....
Photo by Staff Sgt. Cody Dowell | 97th Air Mobility Wing | 09.01.2020
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Dylan Norton, an aerial delivery specialist assigned to the 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron, performs the final rigger inspection on a heavy platform to ensure proper assembly. The inspection, the last step of assembling the platform, conducted by two members to ensure proper assembly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cody Dowell)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Cody Dowell | 97th Air Mobility Wing | 09.01.2020
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Dylan Norton, an aerial delivery specialist assigned to the 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron, secures the cutter knife between two parachutes, Sept. 1, 2020, at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. When the extraction parachute is deployed, it pulls the cutter knife cutting the type-V straps. (U.S. Air Force photo by StaffSgt. Cody Dowell)...
Photo by Staff Sgt. Cody Dowell | 97th Air Mobility Wing | 09.01.2020
From left, U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Devin Johnson, Senior Airman Alexander Fickas and Airman 1st Class Noah Weston, aerial delivery specialists assigned to the 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron, tighten type-V straps attached to the platform to secure G-12E parachutes, Sept. 1, 2020, at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The type-V straps are cut during platform aerial drop deployment......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Cody Dowell | 97th Air Mobility Wing | 09.01.2020
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Alexander Fickas, an aerial delivery specialist assigned to the 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron, adjusts an M1 timer inside an M1 assembly used for aerial pallet drops, Sept. 1, 2020, at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The M1 assembly and timer allow the parachutes to be deployed when the platform is at a certain angle. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cody......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Cody Dowell | 97th Air Mobility Wing | 09.01.2020
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Devin Johnson, an aerial delivery specialist assigned tothe 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron, ties tubular nylon to G-12E parachutes, Sept. 1, 2020, at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. This connection allows the two parachutes to deploy at the same time while in descent. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cody Dowell)...
