Video by Staff Sgt. Kirsten Brandes | 86th Airlift Wing | 10.04.2019
Three C-130J Super Hercules aircraft and more than 90 personnel deployed to Plovdiv, Bulgaria from Ramstein Air Base, Germany for Thracian Fall returned home Oct. 4, 2019. During the 12 day flying training deployment, the 37th Airlift Squadron flew 42 sorties and conducted 121 personnel drops for Bulgaria’s 68th Special Forces Brigade. Aircrew executed 19 low cost, low altitude airdrops,......
Video by Staff Sgt. Kirsten Brandes | 86th Airlift Wing | 10.01.2019
Airmen and aircraft from the 37th Airlift Squadron have been providing primary airlift support for a U.S.-sponsored military free-fall course in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Sept. 24 - Oct. 1, 2019. As a central focus of Thracian Fall 19, the military free-fall course paired members of Bulgaria’s 68th Special Forces Brigade with contracted U.S. military jumpmasters to qualify the Bulgarian jumpers on......
Video by Staff Sgt. Kirsten Brandes | 86th Airlift Wing | 09.27.2019
Airmen and aircraft from the 37th Airlift Squadron arrived at Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Sept. 23, to kick-off exercise Thracian Fall 2019. During their first week, they provided airlift for a U.S.-sponsored military free-fall course for Bulgarian special forces, conducted low cost, low altitude airdrops, and executed a wet-wing defuel mission. (U.S. Air Force video by Staff Sgt. Kirsten Brandes)...
Video by Staff Sgt. Kirsten Brandes | 86th Airlift Wing | 09.25.2019
Aircrew from the 37th Airlift Squadron perform a wet-wing defuel mission with their C-130J Super Hercules during Thracian Fall in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Sept. 25, 2019. A wet-wing defuel is performed with engines running, allowing aircraft to offload excess fuel into a fuel truck that can then be transferred into other aircraft. (U.S. Air Force video by Staff Sgt. Kirsten Brandes)...
