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Video by Senior Airman James Cason
Southern Strike 18 - Chilean forces perform static line jumps off of a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook
1st Combat Camera Squadron
Oct. 29, 2017 | 1:42
Chilean forces perform static line jumps off of a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook. at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Mississippi during Southern Strike 18, October 29, 2017. Southern Strike 18 is a total force, multi-service training exercise hosted by the Mississippi Air National Guard’s Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Mississippi from Oct. 22 through Nov. 4, 2017. The exercise emphasizes air-to-air, air-to-ground and special operations forces training opportunities. These events are integrated into demanding hostile and asymmetric scenarios with actions from specialized ground forces and combat and mobility air forces. (U.S. Air Force video by SSgt James Cason)