37 AS Trains for Proficiency

A C-130J receives a de-icing before the 37th Airlift Squadron completes a week-long training exercise with a ten-bundle container deployment system drop, March 16, 2012 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The cargo was dropped in order to support field-training exercises for the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team from Vicenza, Italy. This training gave pilots and loadmasters here an opportunity to practice this type of airdrop. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chris Willis)

Ramstein Village Fasching Parade 2012

KMC and Ramstein Villiage neighbors enjoyed the annual celebration of Fasching parade, Ramstein Village, Germany, Feb. 21, 2012. This annual event is a pre-Lenten carnival, which is celebrated with the donning of wild and fancy costumes to chase away the evil spirits of winter in preparation for spring. (U.S. Air Force Photo By/ Staff Sgt. Daylena Gonzalez)

Ramstein Village Fasching Parade 2012

KMC and Ramstein Villiage neighbors enjoyed the annual celebration of Fasching parade, Ramstein Village, Germany, Feb. 21, 2012. This annual event is a pre-Lenten carnival, which is celebrated with the donning of wild and fancy costumes to chase away the evil spirits of winter in preparation for spring. (U.S. Air Force Photo By/ Staff Sgt. Daylena Gonzalez)

Ramstein Village Fasching Parade 2012

KMC and Ramstein Villiage neighbors enjoyed the annual celebration of Fasching parade, Ramstein Village, Germany, Feb. 21, 2012. This annual event is a pre-Lenten carnival, which is celebrated with the donning of wild and fancy costumes to chase away the evil spirits of winter in preparation for spring. (U.S. Air Force Photo By/ Staff Sgt. Daylena Gonzalez)

Best Foot Foward

An Air Force Airman parachues out of a C-130J during a mass airdrop with the 37th Airlift Squadron in Alzey, Germany, February 10, 2012. The mass airdrop commemorated 70 years of combat airlift capabilities for the 37th AS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kendra Alba)

Mass Airdrops

U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, conduct a mass airdrop of paratroopers from the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, out of Aviano Air Base, Italy, Feb. 10, 2012. The mass airdrop over Alzey, Germany, commemorated 70 years of combat airlift capabilities for the 37th AS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Caitlin O'Neil-McKeown)