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.
The C–17 transport aircraft drops a pallet for the first time in Norway. (Photo: HAW/David Velazquez)
Paratroops
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
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
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)
Loading
Heavy Airlift Wing loadmasters loading the C–17 aircraft with Container Delivery System (CDS) pallets used in the airdrop training. (Photo: HAW/Ville Tuokko)
