DEFENDER is the Army’s largest annual opportunity to exercise moving personnel and equipment into theater across modes for initial and follow-on operations critical to Large Scale Combat Operations. Led by U.S. Army Europe and Africa, the exercise focuses on the strategic deployment of CONUS-based forces, employment of Army Prepositioned Stock and follow-on exercises demonstrating lethality and interoperability with Allies and partners

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Video by Staff Sgt. Christian Sullivan
AMC C-17s bolster humanitarian aid airdrops to Gaza
United States Air Forces Central
March 22, 2024 | 1:12
U.S. Air Forces Central and U.S. Army Central conducted joint and combined airdrop operations with two C-17 Globemaster IIIs from an undisclosed location in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 21, 2024. Air Mobility Command deployed C-17 aircraft and personnel with expertise in sustained airdrop operations from South Carolina’s Joint Base Charleston to expedite the delivery of aid for civilians affected by the ongoing conflict in Gaza. (U.S. Air Force video)
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