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Team McChord performs during Rainier War

Friday, December 18, 2015 15:44
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by Senior Airman Divine Cox
62nd Airlift Wing Public Affairs

12/17/2015 - JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – In today's military, aircrews have to be trained and ready to handle any type of combat scenario, and recently, members of McChord Field and other bases participated in an exercise titled “Rainier War” to help them hone their skills.

Aircrews from Joint Bases Lewis-McChord, Wash, Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and Joint Base Charleston, S.C. departed from McChord Field, Wash Dec. 10, to participate in a Joint Forcible Entry exercise over Moses Lake, Wash.

Rainier War is a semi-annual Large Formation Exercise, hosted by the 62nd Airlift Wing, designed to train aircrew under realistic scenarios that support full spectrum operations against modern threats and replicate today's contingency operations.

“We launched 11 C-17 Globemaster III's to train and hone our combat and humanitarian mobility delivery skills,” said Col. Leonard Kosinski, 62nd Airlift Wing commander.

Once the aircraft launched and were in the air, aircrews began preparing their aircraft for its large formation airdrops.

Before the formation performed the heavy container delivery system airdrops, the aircrews performed low level flying prior to arriving at the drop zone in Moses Lake.

“I enjoy watching the success of our hard work,” said Staff Sgt. Joseph Timpson, 10th Airlift Squadron loadmaster. “Practice makes perfect, and when you train all the time, specifically on airdrop missions, you expect everything to be perfect.”

The Rainier War exercise included the large formation airdrops and a larger formation of C 17's before heading back to Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

“This was a very challenging exercise and lots of important learning took place,” said Kosinski. “It was incredibly realistic and challenging training needed to ensure we are ready whenever and wherever our nation calls.”



Source: http://military-online.blogspot.com/2015/12/team-mcchord-performs-during-rainier-war.html

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