Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne load into an Air Force C-141B Starlifter at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., for their jump over the Sicily Drop Zone.
Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne load into an Air Force C-141B Starlifter at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., for their parachute jump over the Sicily Drop Zone at Fort Bragg, N.C., on Nov. 3, 2000. Five thousand 82nd Airborne troops are taking part in an aerial assault exercise called Large Package Week. The quarterly training exercise sharpens the airdrop capability of aircrews from the Air Mobility Command and the 82nd Airborne.