A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Charleston, S.C., is prepped to fly to Pope Army Air Field, N.C., on June 5, 2018, in preparation for Exercise Swift Response 18. (U.S. Air Force)
U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division on Fort Bragg, N.C., and British Army paratroopers assigned to the 3rd Regiment Parachute Battalion out of Colchester, England, rig their parachutes in preparation for a jump from a C-17 Globemaster III over Latvia during Exercise Swift Response 18 on June 8. (U.S. Air Force)
British Army paratroopers prepare to jump from a C-17 Globemaster III, flown by U.S. Air Force personnel, as part of Swift Response 18. (U.S. Air Force)
Airborne forces from nine nations participated in the exercise, including Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. (U.S. Air Force)
A U.S. Army paratrooper jumps from a C-17 Globemaster III over Latvia during Exercise Swift Response 18 on June 8. (U.S. Air Force)
U.S. Army paratroopers with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division prepare to land after jumping from a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at a training area near Rukla, Lithuania, on June 9, 2018. (U.S. Army)
Spc. Lucas Underwood, a paratrooper assigned to the U.S. Army's 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, pulls security after jumping from an aircraft near Rukla, Lithuania, as part of Swift Response 18. (U.S. Army)
U.S. Army paratroopers ruck to a meeting point after jumping from an aircraft near Rukla, Lithuania, as part of Swift Response 18. (U.S. Army)
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