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)