820th RED HORSE paticipates in Joint Access Operation Exercise

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Daniel Franklin, 820th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers Airborne from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., watches a T-11 parachute training class with fellow RED HORSE Airmen and Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Brigade, Feb. 21, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The T-11 parachute is the newest parachute used by the U.S. Armed Forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Daniel Hughes)

A joint effort: Army and Air Force engineers partner for Global Response mission

Airmen assigned to 820th Red Horse squadron from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., practice parachute landing falls under the watchful eye of a jumpmaster prior to an airborne operation, Feb. 23. The 820th engineers traveled to Fort Bragg, N.C., to conduct airfield maintenance training with 161st Engineer Company, 27th Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade. Both units will be augmenting 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division for the Joint Operational Access Exercise, Feb. 27 - March 9, as well as supporting 2BCTs Global Response Force mission. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kissta DiGregorio)

Mission Employment Exercise

Seaman Trevor Stratton, Electronic Attack Squadron 138 plane captain, performs pre-flight checks on an EA-18G Growler during the U.S. Air Force Weapons School Mission Employment Phase Dec. 11,, 2012, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The EA-18G Growler is an airborne electronic attack aircraft which operates from aircraft carriers or from land-bases. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Lancaster)

Mission Employment Exercise

Seaman Trevor Stratton, Electronic Attack Squadron 138 plane captain, marshals an EA-18G Growler during the U.S. Air Force Weapons School Mission Employment Phase Dec. 11, 2012, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The exercise is hosted north of Las Vegas on the Nevada Test and Training Range. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Lancaster)

Military Working Dogs sniff out explosives

Pike, a 99th Security Forces Squadron military working dog, sniffs out explosives during a mass odor exercise Dec. 11, 2012, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The 99th Civil Engineer Squadron provided 90 pounds of explosives for the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jason Couillard)

Military Working Dogs sniff out explosives

Senior Airman Luke Albrecht, 99th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordinance disposal journeyman, unpacks explosives for a mass odor exercise which helps train military working dogs and civilian bomb sniffing dogs Dec. 11, 2012, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. It was EOD’s first time providing ordinance for the exercise at Nellis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jason Couillard)