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GALLERY'Maple Flag' brings US, Canadian airmen together
Stars and Stripes
June 18, 2014
Royal Canadian Air Force Master Cpl. Marc Tremblay, search and rescue technician with the 417 Combat Support Squadron, 4 Wing Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake jumps out of a C-130 Hercules from the 914th Airlift Wing, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, New York, during Maple Flag in Edmonton/Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday, June 3, 2014. (John R. Nimmo Sr./U.S. Air Force)
Royal Canadian Air Force Master Cpl. Marc Tremblay, search and rescue technician with the 417 Combat Support Squadron, 4 Wing Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake jumps out of a C-130 Hercules from the 914th Airlift Wing, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, New York, during Maple Flag in Edmonton/Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday, June 3, 2014. (John R. Nimmo Sr./U.S. Air Force)
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Adam Strom, C-130 Hercules loadmaster with the 94th Airlift Wing, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, throws a paper streamer out the starboard troop door during the Maple Flag exercise in Edmonton/Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, on Friday, May 30, 2014. (John R. Nimmo Sr./U.S. Air Force)
A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft with the 94th Airlift Wing, Dobbins Air Reserve Station, Georgia, maneuvers to avoid simulated ground-to-air threats during Maple Flag in Edmonton/Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, on Monday, June 2, 2014. Maple Flag is an international exercise designed to enhance interoperability of C-130 aircrews, maintainers and support specialists in a simulated combat environment. (John R. Nimmo Sr./U.S. Air Force)
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Patrick Baskerville, C-130 Hercules navigator with the 914th Airlift Wing, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, New York, resets a flight navigation stopwatch during Maple Flag in Edmonton/Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, on Monday, May 26, 2014. (Matthew Smith/U.S. Air Force)
U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft taxi during Maple Flag in Edmonton/Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, on Monday, May 26, 2014. Maple Flag is an international exercise designed to enhance the interoperability of C-130 aircrews, maintainers and support specialists in a simulated combat environment. (Matthew Smith/U.S. Air Force)
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Daniel Belk, crew chief, 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, runs a power cable toward a C-130 Hercules aircraft during Maple Flag in Edmonton/Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, on Friday, May 30, 2014. Maple Flag is an international exercise designed to enhance the interoperability of C-130 aircrews, maintainers and support specialists in a simulated combat environment. (Matthew Smith/U.S. Air Force)
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Nick Kozar, crew chief, 94th Airlift Wing, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, marshals in a C-130H Hercules aircraft during the Maple Flag exercise in Edmonton/Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday, May 27, 2014. (Matthew Smith/U.S. Air Force)
More than 175 airmen from the reserve traveled to Canada recently to participate in an international exercise at the country’s only tactical bombing range.
Exercise Maple Flag 47 ended on June 2 and brought airmen from around the U.S. to train on working with coalition forces.
“Maple Flag has a long and proud history of providing aircrews with realistic training and a chance to practice combat tactics in an international training environment,” Col. James DeVere, mission commander for the Air Force Reserve’s participation in this year’s exercise, said in a release.
Ten U.S. C-130s from various locations participated in the exercise. A Canadian press release said 650 of the country’s military personnel were scheduled to participate.