Heavy Airlift Wing Training Week in Norway
Szöveg: honvedelem.hu | 2013. szeptember 4. 9:00The Pápa-based Boeing C–17 Globemaster III transport aircraft of the Heavy Airlift Wing (HAW) participated in a four-day training event at Gardermoer Air Base, Oslo, Norway between August 26 and 29. The participants of the training exercised cargo and personnel airdrop, assault landing and take-off, material and personnel airdrop and low-level navigation flights.
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The C–17 transport aircraft drops a pallet for the first time in Norway. (Photo: HAW/David Velazquez)
Paratroops
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During the training, Norwegian Armed Forces paratroopers conduct jumps from a C–17 transport aircraft – for the first time ever. (Photo: HAW/Ville Tuokko)
Assault take-off
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The crew of the HAW C-17 SAC 02 were trained in assault landing and take-off at Rena Airfield, Norway. The 1200-meter runway is not so long, but is just enough for the well-trained crew for similar operations. The C–17 is the largest aircraft to have ever landed at this airfield. (Photo: HAW/Keith Grawert)
Planning
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An exercise like this requires careful preparation, so the flight planning cell of the Heavy Airlift Wing was set up in Gardermoen Air Base during the event. (Photo: HAW/Ville Tuokko)
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Heavy Airlift Wing loadmasters loading the C–17 aircraft with Container Delivery System (CDS) pallets used in the airdrop training. (Photo: HAW/Ville Tuokko)