Firebirds training in southwestern US highlights C-17 capabilities

U.S. Air Force Capt. Rob Mello, left, a C-17 pilot with the 517th Airlift Squadron, and U.S. Air Force Capt. Ben Aiken, the 517th AS Weapons and Tactics Flight commander and weapons officer, prepare for a low-altitude maneuver in a U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster III aircraft assigned to the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, over northeastern Arizona, Jan. 9, 2021. Thirteen Airmen with the 517th AS from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, trained for a week in the southwestern U.S. with the C-17, focusing on Agile Combat Employment to train and prepare for global operations in a deployed environment.

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