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IDLC25: Contested Airdrop

Integrated Defense Leadership School students operating as either U.S. Air Force security forces members or opposing force members engage one another at the site of a contested airdrop during an exercise at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio, May 15, 2025. The Integrated Defense Leadership Course is an intensely focused, two-week, hands-on training program for Air Force Security Forces Defenders to achieve and maintain combat readiness. It is based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, and uses training grounds at nearby Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric M. White)
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Airdrop practice hits the mark for combat readiness

A Citizen Airman with the 76th Aerial Port Squadron straps down a 910th Airlift Wing training pallet to a tractor-trailer, Oct. 6, 2024, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. The 910th AW is a tactical airlift wing in which aircrew members must maintain airdrop credit time to remain combat-ready and deployable. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dylan Bigelow)
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Airdrop practice hits the mark for combat readiness

A 910th Airlift Wing training pallet lands at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio, Oct. 6, 2024, during a C-130H Hercules airdrop training flight. The 910th AW is a tactical airlift wing in which aircrew members must maintain airdrop credit time to remain combat-ready and deployable. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dylan Bigelow)
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Airdrop practice hits the mark for combat readiness

A Reserve Citizen Airman with the 76th Aerial Port Squadron operates a forklift in order to transport a 910th Airlift Wing training pallet out of the drop zone on Oct. 6, 2024, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. The 910th AW is a tactical airlift wing in which aircrew members must maintain airdrop credit time to remain combat ready and deployable. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dylan Bigelow)
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Airdrop practice hits the mark for combat readiness

A Reserve Citizen Airman with the 76th Aerial Port Squadron winds up the parachute of a 910th Airlift Wing training pallet after airdrop training, Oct. 6, 2024, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. The 910th AW is a tactical airlift wing in which aircrew members must maintain airdrop credit time to remain combat-ready and deployable. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dylan Bigelow)
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Airdrop practice hits the mark for combat readiness

A C-130H Hercules aircraft assigned to the 910th Airlift Wing performs an airdrop on Oct. 6, 2024, over Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. The 910th AW is a tactical airlift wing in which aircrew members must maintain airdrop credit time to remain combat-ready and deployable. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dylan Bigelow)
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Airdrop practice hits the mark for combat readiness

A 910th Airlift Wing training pallet lands at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio, Oct. 6, 2024, during a C-130H Hercules airdrop training flight. The 910th AW is a tactical airlift wing in which aircrew members must maintain airdrop credit time to remain combat-ready and deployable. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dylan Bigelow)
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Airdrop practice hits the mark for combat readiness

A C-130H Hercules aircraft assigned to the 910th Airlift Wing performs an airdrop on Oct. 6, 2024, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. The 910th AW is a tactical airlift wing in which the aircrew are required to maintain airdrop credit time to remain combat-ready and deployable. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dylan Bigelow)
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Airdrop practice hits the mark for combat readiness

A Citizen Airman with the 76th Aerial Port Squadron winds up a parachute from a 910th Airlift Wing training pallet after airdrop training, Oct. 6, 2024, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. The 910th AW is a tactical airlift wing in which aircrew must maintain airdrop credit time to remain combat-ready and deployable. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)
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Airdrop practice hits the mark for combat readiness

A 910th Airlift Wing training pallet lands at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio, Oct. 6, 2024, during a C-130H Hercules airdrop training flight. The 910th AW is a tactical airlift wing in which aircrew members must maintain airdrop credit time to remain combat-ready and deployable. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)
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Airdrop practice hits the mark for combat readiness

A C-130H Hercules aircraft assigned to the 910th Airlift Wing performs an airdrop on Oct. 6, 2024, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. The 910th AW is a tactical airlift wing in which aircrew members must maintain airdrop credit time to remain combat-ready and deployable. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Russo)
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Four-aircraft tactical airdrop flight keeps combat-skills fresh

Major Ryan Gray, a pilot assigned to the 757th Airlift Squadron, looks through the flight deck windows of a C-130H Hercules aircraft on Jan. 12, 2020, to three C-130s flying in a formation in front of his aircraft toward Camp Garfield in Ravenna, Ohio. Gray was one of eight pilots who participated in a four-aircraft tactical airdrop exercise where heavy-duty airdrop platforms and container delivery systems were delivered via parachutes from the back of each aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christina Russo)
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Four-aircraft tactical airdrop flight keeps combat-skills fresh

A container delivery system exits the back of a C-130H Hercules flying over Camp Garfield in Ravenna, Ohio, on Jan. 12, 2020. The aircraft was one of four C-130H Hercules assigned to the 757th Airlift Squadron that flew in formation to conduct tactical airdrop exercises during the January unit training assembly. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christina Russo)
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Four-aircraft tactical airdrop flight keeps combat-skills fresh

A loadmaster assigned to the 757th Airlift Squadron collects an extraction chute on Jan. 12, 2020, after a Container Delivery System was dropped over Camp Garfield in Ravenna, Ohio. During the January unit training assembly, four aircraft assigned to the 757th AS participated in a tactical airdrop exercise where heavy-duty airdrop platforms and CDSs were extracted from the back of each aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christina Russo)
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Four-aircraft tactical airdrop flight keeps combat-skills fresh

Senior Airman Ian Ludy, an aerospace maintenance apprentice with the 910th Mission Support Group, awaits further instruction on the flightline at Youngstown Air Reserve Station on Jan. 12, 2020. During the January unit training assembly, Airmen from the 757th Airlift Squadron, 76th Aerial Port Squadron, and 910th MSG worked together to ensure four C-130H Hercules were ready to fly in a four aircraft tactical airdrop exercise over Camp Garfield in Ravenna, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christina Russo)
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Four-aircraft tactical airdrop flight keeps combat-skills fresh

Master Sgt. Shawn Shaffer, a flight engineer instructor assigned to the 757th Airlift Squadron, conducts pre-flight checks in the flightdeck of a C-130H Hercules on the flightline at Youngstown Air Reserve Station on Jan. 12, 2020. The aircraft was set to fly in a four aircraft tactical airdrop exercise over Camp Garfield in Ravenna, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christina Russo)
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Four-aircraft tactical airdrop flight keeps combat-skills fresh

Senior Airman Justin Laird and Master Sgt. Richard Demchuk, both loadmasters assigned to the 757th Airlift Squadron, read forms to ensure the heavy-duty airdrop platform and container delivery system’s paperwork were properly signed off by members of the 76th Aerial Port Squadron Jan.12, 2020. Once the forms were checked for accuracy, the cargo was loaded onto a C-130H Hercules for a tactical airdrop exercise during the January unit training assembly. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christina Russo)
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Four-aircraft tactical airdrop flight keeps combat-skills fresh

A Reserve Citizen Airman assigned to the 76th Aerial Port Squadron drives a K-loader on the flightline at Youngstown Air Reserve Station on Jan.12, 2020. The K-loader was carrying a parachute-equipped container delivery system and a heavy-duty airdrop platform to a C-130H Hercules awaiting takeoff during the January unit training assembly. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christina Russo)
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Dropping cargo

An Airman assigned to the 76th Aerial Port Squadron uses a forklift to transport a heavy-duty airdrop platform on Nov. 3, 2019, at Camp Garfield in Ravenna, Ohio. Members from the 76th APS and the 757th Airlift Squadron participated in a cargo drop exercise during the November unit training assembly. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christina Russo)
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Dropping cargo

A C-130H Hercules assigned to the 757th Airlift Squadron flies over Camp Garfield in Ravenna, Ohio, on Nov. 3, 2019. Aircrew members with the 757th AS participated in a cargo drop exercise during the November unit training assembly. The cargo was released from the back of the aircraft just above 1,000 ft. in altitude. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christina Russo)
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