Mobility Air Forces Exercise. Nellis AFB

Quelques images officiellement rapportées par l'USAF concernant le Mobility Air Forces Exercise qui s'est déroulé en mai sur la base de Nellis.

Un ballet de C-130 et C-17 bien réglé

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U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo planes taxi across the active runway at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., after participating in the Mobility Air Forces Exercise May 23, 2012 over the Nevada Test and Training Range.

The U.S. Air Force Weapons School holds MAFEX twice a year to test the ability of C-17 Globemaster III and C-130 Hercules aircrews from Air Force bases around the world to join together in a formation at a specific time and location to insert ground forces and equipment anywhere in the world.

U.S. Air Force photo by Lawrence Crespo

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A C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 97th Air Mobility Wing, Altus Air Force Base, Okla., taxis on the Nellis flight line after participating in the U.S. Air Force Weapons School Mobility Air Forces Exercise over the Nevada Test and Training Range May 23, 2012.

The exercise, involving 22 C-17 and 29 C-130 Hercules aircraft, and 820th RED HORSE Squadron civil engineers, simulated seizure of a landing site in hostile territory.

U.S. Air Force photo by Lawrence Crespo

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U.S. Air Force Weapons School students and evaluators walk from a C-130 Hercules on the flightline at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., after participating in the Mobility Air Forces Exercise May 23, 2012 over the Nevada Test and Training Range.
The students attended graduate-level instructor courses that provide the world's most advanced training in air, space and cyber weapons and tactics employment.

U.S. Air Force photo by Lawrence Crespo

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A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III prepares to land during a Mobility Air Forces Exercise Nov. 16, over the Nevada Test and Training Range. The U.S. Air Force Weapons School holds MAFEX twice a year to test the ability of C-17 Globemaster and C-130 Hercules aircrews from Air Force bases around the world to join together in a formation at a specific time and location to insert ground forces anywhere in the world.

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel Hughes

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A U.S. Air Force crew chief marshals a C-130J Hercules aircraft assigned to the 19th Airlift Wing, Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., on the Nellis flight line after the crew participated in the Mobility Air Forces Exercise May 23, 2012 over the Nevada Test and Training Range. More than 25 C-130 aircraft assembled in aerial formations over the Nevada Test and Training Range to conduct air and ground operations as part of the biannual U.S. Air Force Weapons School Mobility Air Forces Exercise.

U.S. Air Force photo by Lawrence Crespo

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U.S. Air Force equipment from the 820th RED HORSE Squadron, descends for support during Mobility Air Force Exercise May 23, 2012, over the Nevada Test and Training Range. Members of the 820th RED HORSE Airborne Squadron are capable of parachuting into heavily damaged airfields and rapidly returning them to service for use by friendly forces.

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel Hughes

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A C-17 Globemaster III from McChord Air Force Base, Wash. drops equipment used for a rapid runway repair during a Mobility Air Forces Exercise May 23, 2012, at the Nevada Test and Training Range. After all the equipment was dropped, airborne engineers from the 820th RED HORSE Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., cleared and repaired a dirt runway.

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. William P.Coleman

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Scott Falzo, 264th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 82nd Sustainment Brigade parachute rigger, from Fort Bragg, GA., pushes an all-terrain vehicle into place for a Mobility Air Forces Exercise May 16, 2012, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. At MAFEX, a major milestone exercise in the U.S. Air Force Weapons School's Weapons Instructor Course, C-17 Globemaster III and C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft assemble in mass aerial formations over the Nevada Test and Training Range. USAFWS students must overcome complex tactical challenges to get joint ground forces and cargo into a simulated hostile country using airborne drops and unimproved runway landings.

(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel Hughes)

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