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Air drop training

Two container delivery systems are jettisoned out the back of a C-130H Hercules aircraft assigned to the 103rd Airlift Wing during an aerial drop training mission at the "bean bag" drop zone, Westover Air Reserve Base, Chicopee, Massachusetts, on July 12, 2014. The systems being released consist of four barrels filled with water weighing about 700 pounds and a high-velocity parachute tethered to the system allowing for safe descent to the ground. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Joshua Mead/Released)

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Air drop training

Maj. Chris Thiesing (right), tactics officer with the 118th Airlift Squadron, teaches Maj. Garrett Caponetti (center) how to check the winds at the drop zone using an anemometer during an aerial delivery exercise over Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee, Massachusetts, July 12, 2014. Behind them, the malfunction officer, Master Sgt. Corey Kass, a loadmaster with the 118th Airlift Squadron, looks on. These measurements are up-channeled to the crew on a C-130H Hercules aircraft in the skies above so they can make better calculations and drop the cargo on target. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Joshua Mead/Released)

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Air drop training

Senior Airman Kaitlin Cardello and Master Sgt. Joseph Amato shift a container delivery system into position on the floor rails of a C-130H Hercules aircraft during an air drop exercise at Bradley Air National Guard Base, East Granby, Connecticut on July 12, 2014. The exercise started with Airmen like Senior Airman Joseph Hamel (far left) loading the CDS onto a transport vehicle and transferring it onto the C-130H. From there, the loadmasters secure and position the load for air delivery. (Air National Guard Photo by Tech. Sgt. Joshua Mead/Released)

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Air drop training

Staff Sgt. Danny Haynes and Senior Airman Kaitlin Cardello, both loadmasters with the 118th Airlift Squadron, push a container delivery system along the floor rails of a C-130H Hercules aircraft to get the load in position and secure for air delivery on July 12, 2014, at Bradley Air National Guard Base, East Granby, Connecticut. The aircraft was loaded with two sets of container delivery systems in preparation for multiple air deliveries while flying over Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee, Massachusetts. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Joshua Mead/Released)

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Bull's eye

An aircrew assigned to the 103rd Airlift Wing performed a practice container delivery system airdrop aboard one of the unit’s C-130H Hercules aircraft in the skies above Westover Air Reserve Base, June 25, 2014. The CDS bundle landed directly on the raised angle marker that indicated the desired point of impact for this training mission, resulting in an extremely accurate and successful airdrop. Bundles must land within 25 yards of the marker to receive the highest possible score. "The calculations, planning, crew ability, timing, wind effects and a great number of other factors, too many to list, make this an extremely rare event. The perfect (point of impact) airdrop was impressive to watch, and it made me realize how you really can't give the credit to one single person. Everyone who had a hand in that airdrop mission, no matter how indirect, can take some credit and be proud of this historic Flying Yankee moment," said Maj. Christopher Papa, a pilot assigned to the 103rd Operations Group. (Photos courtesy of Capt. Cheryl Mead)

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Bull's eye

An aircrew assigned to the 103rd Airlift Wing performed a practice container delivery system airdrop aboard one of the unit’s C-130H Hercules aircraft in the skies above Westover Air Reserve Base, June 25, 2014. The CDS bundle landed directly on the raised angle marker that indicated the desired point of impact for this training mission, resulting in an extremely accurate and successful airdrop. Bundles must land within 25 yards of the marker to receive the highest possible score. "The calculations, planning, crew ability, timing, wind effects and a great number of other factors, too many to list, make this an extremely rare event. The perfect (point of impact) airdrop was impressive to watch, and it made me realize how you really can't give the credit to one single person. Everyone who had a hand in that airdrop mission, no matter how indirect, can take some credit and be proud of this historic Flying Yankee moment," said Maj. Christopher Papa, a pilot assigned to the 103rd Operations Group. (Photos courtesy of Lt. Col. Thomas Murphy II)

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Horses to homecomings

Gabrielle Martucci, 14, rides horse, Wes, as Capt. Edward Henfey, commanding officer of the First Company Governor's Horse Guard, leads the way in Avon, Conn., June 21, 2014. Gabrielle was a participant in the Horses to Homecoming program, which helps military children reconnect with their parents. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Jennifer Pierce)

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Horses to homecomings

Gabriella Phillips, 9, mucks out a horse stall under the instruction of Capt. Edward Henfey, commanding officer of the 1st Company Governor's Horse Guard in Avon, Conn., June 21, 2014. Gabriella was participating in the Horses to Homecoming program, which includes teaching the children about barn duties while helping military children reconnect with their parents. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Pierce)

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Horses to homecomings

Jasmine Masse, 11, is given instruction by Pfc. Soucy of the First Company Governor's Horse Guard, on picking a horse's hooves during a Horses to Homecoming event, which helps military children reconnect with their parents, held in Avon, Conn., June 21, 2014. Picking hooves is an important part of caring for a horse as rocks and other debris can become embedded in the hoof. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Jennifer Pierce)

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Bradley’s Honor Guard recognized as program of the year!

The 103rd Airlift Wing’s Base Honor Guard marches in the Memorial Day parade, East Granby, Conn., May 26, 2014. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Emmanuel Santiago)

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Successful deployment shapes future training for all ACS units

Airman 1st Class Erin Cruz, an aerospace ground equipment technician from the 103rd Air Control Squadron, checks fuel levels from the top of one of the unit’s trucks shortly after sunset during a deployed training exercise at the National Guard Training Center, Sea Girt, N.J., June 10. Airmen maintained 24-hour satellite connectivity in field conditions with the help of tactical generators and the trucks that fueled them continuously during the deployment. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Emmanuel Santiago)

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Successful deployment shapes future training for all ACS units

(Front) Airmen 1st Class Layau Eulizer, Master Sgt. Charleen Fischer, (back) Capt. Forrest Kimes and Staff Sgt. Erin Laporte, all from the 103rd Air Control Squadron, perform operational checks inside one of the unit’s operations modules during a deployed training exercise at the National Guard Training Center, Sea Girt, N.J., June 10. The unit operated in field conditions using satellite communications to facilitate the command and control of simulated military aircraft from the field. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Emmanuel Santiago)

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Successful deployment shapes future training for all ACS units

Airman 1st Class Erin Cruz, an aerospace ground equipment technician from the 103rd Air Control Squadron, performs maintenance on one of the generators that supply power to the unit’s tactical site while deployed to the National Guard Training Center, Sea Girt, N.J., June 10. The unit operated in field conditions using generated power to enable operators to command and control simulated military aircraft from the field. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Emmanuel Santiago)

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Maintenance University

Airmen from both the 103rd Maintenance Squadron and 123rd Maintenance Group go over the auxiliary power unit checklist in the cockpit of the C-130H aircraft at the Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Miss., June 25, 2014. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Jennifer Pierce)

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Maintenance University

Airmen from both the 103rd Maintenance Squadron and 123rd Maintenance Group inspect the landing gear of a C-130H aircraft at the Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Miss., June 25, 2014. Inspecting the landing gear is one of the steps involved in an ISO inspection. ISO, short for isochronal, is a type of scheduled aircraft inspection enabling maintainers to thoroughly identify and repair problems as needed across the entire airframe. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Jennifer Pierce)

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Maintenance University

Senior Airman Nick Dill (foreground), Senior Airman Collin Nelson (middle), and Senior Airman Zack Sabluk (rear), of the 103rd Maintenance Squadron, prepare to inspect an access panel on a C-130H prop as part of a scheduled aircraft inspection. Aircraft maintainers with the Connecticut Air National Guard are training alongside their counterparts from the Kentucky Air National Guard while deployed to the Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Miss., June 25, 2014. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Jennifer Pierce)

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Maintenance University

Airmen with both the 103rd Maintenance Squadron and 123rd Maintenance Group are briefed on the ISO inspection process while deployed to the Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Miss., June 25, 2014. ISO, short for isochronal, is a type of scheduled aircraft inspection enabling maintainers to thoroughly identify and repair problems as needed across the entire airframe. Aircraft maintainers with the Connecticut Air National Guard are training alongside their counterparts from the Kentucky Air National Guard. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Jennifer Pierce)

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Maintenance University

A C-130H aircraft, assigned to the 103rd Airlift Wing, is positioned next to C-130 aircraft from the Kentucky Air National Guard and will serve as a training tool for aircraft maintainers from both the 103rd Maintenance Squadron and the 123rd Maintenance Group while deployed to the Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Miss., June 25, 2014. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Jennifer Pierce)

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Maintenance University

Staff Sgt. Vincenzo Lafronza (left), with the 123rd Maintenance Group, Kentucky Air National Guard, and Senior Airman Steven Maniscalco (right), with the 103rd Maintenance Squadron, Connecticut Air National Guard, fasten cam locks after closing an access panel on the C-130H aircraft at the Combat Readiness Training center, Gulfport, Miss., June 24, 2014. Inspecting access panels is part of the basic post flight inspection in which Kentucky and Connecticut maintenance Airmen are receiving training. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Jennifer Pierce)

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Maintenance University

Tech. Sgt. James Nalley (right center), 123rd Maintenance Group, and Airman 1st Class Mark Bier (left center), 103rd Maintenance Squadron, give instruction on the basic post flight inspection for C-130H aircraft's ramp doors at the Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Miss., June 24, 2014. Maintenance Airmen from both the Kentucky Air National Guard and Connecticut Air National Guard are training together on the C-130H aircraft. (U.S. Air National Guard photo and Senior Airman Emmanuel Santiago)

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