Carpathian Spring 2011

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Stephen Baker, 435th Security Forces Squadron, jumpmaster, stands with his parachute hooked onto a static line of a C-130J in preparation of a joint jump between U.S. and Romanian paratroopers over a landing zone near Campia Turzii, Romania, March 18, 2011. This jump was conducted as a part of Carpathian Spring 2011, a building partnership capacity exercise where members of U.S. military joined their Romanian counterparts to learn from one another and strengthen alliances. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech Sgt. Jocelyn L. Rich)(released)

Carpathian Spring 2011

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Stephen Baker, 435th Security Forces Squadron, jumpmaster, exits a troop door of a C-130J during a static jump over a landing zone near Campia Turzii, Romania, March 18, 2011. This jump was conducted as a part of Carpathian Spring 2011, a building partnership capacity exercise where members of U.S. military joined their Romanian counterparts to learn from one another and strengthen alliances. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech Sgt. Jocelyn L. Rich)(released)

Carpathian Spring 2011

U.S. Air Force Maj. Jason Medsger, 435th Security Forces Squadron, commander, stands in a troop door of a C-130J, in preparation of a static line jump over a landing zone near Campia Turzii, Romania, March 18, 2011. This jump was conducted as a part of Carpathian Spring 2011, a building partnership capacity exercise where members of U.S. military joined their Romanian counterparts to learn from one another and strengthen alliances. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech Sgt. Jocelyn L. Rich)(released)

Carpathian Spring 2011

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Stephen Baker, 435th Security Forces Squadron, jump master, clips his parachute hook, onto a static line of a C-130J in preparation of a joint jump between U.S. and Romanian paratroopers over a landing zone near Campia Turzii, Romania, March 18, 2011. This jump was conducted as a part of Carpathian Spring 2011, a building partnership capacity exercise where members of U.S. military joined their Romanian counterparts to learn from one another and strengthen alliances. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech Sgt. Jocelyn L. Rich)(released)

Carpathian Spring 2011

A Romanian Air Force High Altitude, Low Open (HALO) paratrooper, awaits his signal to jump out of a U.S. Air Force C-130J during a combined HALO jump over a landing zone near Campia Turzii, Romania, March 18, 2011. This jump was conducted as a part of Carpathian Spring 2011, a building partnership capacity exercise where members of U.S. military joined their Romanian counterparts to learn from one another and strengthen alliances. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech Sgt. Jocelyn L. Rich)(released)

Carpathian Spring 2011

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Robert Zackery, 4th Air Support Operations Group, military free fall jump master, prepares for a high altitude, low open jump with U.S. and Romanian paratroopers over a landing zone near Campia Turzii, Romania, March 18, 2011. This jump was conducted as a part of Carpathian Spring 2011, a building partnership capacity exercise where members of U.S. military joined their Romanian counterparts to learn from one another and strengthen alliances. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech Sgt. Jocelyn L. Rich)(released)

Carpathian Spring 2011

U.S. Air Force Capt. Marcie Walton, 37th Airlift Squadron, pilot, prepares to pick up static line and free-fall paratroopers in a C-130J at Campia Turzii, Romania, March 18, 2011. This jump was conducted as a part of Carpathian Spring 2011, a building partnership capacity exercise where members of U.S. military joined their Romanian counterparts to learn from one another and strengthen alliances. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech Sgt. Jocelyn L. Rich)(released)

Carpathian Spring 2011

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Austin Koester, 37th Airlift Squadron, loadmaster, assists in that taxi of a C-130J, at Airlift Base Otopeni, Romania, March 18, 2011. The C-130J is taking off to take part in a training mission during Carpathian Spring 2011, a building partnership capacity exercise where members of U.S. military joined their Romanian counterparts to learn from one another and strengthen alliances. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech Sgt. Jocelyn L. Rich)(released)

USAFE trains NATO JTACs

BANN, Germany -- Capt. Jon Chango (standing), U.S. Air Forces in Europe Air Ground Operations School course director, and Tech. Sgt. Matthew Muse (center), AGOS joint terminal attack controller instructor, review procedures with two NATO students during a field training exercise Sept. 28, 2010. The USAFE AGOS conducts a five-week initial training course for U.S. and NATO JTACs. The countries participating in the training course are U.S., Slovenia, Belgium, Estonia, Romania, Norway, Croatia, Poland and Latvia. The first class for fiscal 2011 is scheduled to graduate Oct. 8. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Francesca Popp)

USAFE trains NATO JTACs

BANN, Germany -- Estonian air force Sgt. Tonis Valimae, a student at the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Air Ground Operations School, and Tech. Sgt. Matthew Muse, AGOS joint terminal attack controller instructor, search for the target during a field training exercise Sept. 28, 2010. The USAFE AGOS conducts a five-week initial training course for U.S. and NATO JTACs. The countries participating in the training course are U.S., Slovenia, Belgium, Estonia, Romania, Norway, Croatia, Poland and Latvia. The first class for fiscal 2011 is scheduled to graduate Oct. 8. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Francesca Popp)

USAFE trains NATO JTACs

BANN, Germany -- German air force Maj. Bernd Vellman (center), an instructor at the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Air Ground Operations School, prepares six NATO students before they call in practice airstrikes during a field training exercise Sept. 28, 2010. The USAFE AGOS conducts a five-week initial training course for U.S. and NATO joint terminal attack controllers. The countries participating in the training course are U.S., Slovenia, Belgium, Estonia, Romania, Norway, Croatia, Poland and Latvia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Francesca Popp)

USAFE trains NATO JTACs

BANN, Germany -- German air force Maj. Bernd Vellman (right), an instructor at the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Air Ground Operations School, prepares NATO students before they call in practice airstrikes during a field training exercise Sept. 28, 2010. The USAFE AGOS conducts a five-week initial training course for U.S. and NATO joint terminal attack controllers. The countries participating in the training course are U.S., Slovenia, Belgium, Estonia, Romania, Norway, Croatia, Poland and Latvia. The first class for fiscal 2011 is scheduled to graduate Oct. 8. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Francesca Popp)