Airdrop

U.S. and Bulgarian paratroopers float to the ground after jumping from a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft during Operation Thracian Fall 2011, Oct. 19, 2011, in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. OTF11 is off-station training designed to enhance interoperability between U.S. and Bulgarian Air Forces as well as build partnerships with paratroopers from both. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Stephen J. Otero)

Latching and strapping

Bulgarian parartroopers don static-line parachutes during Operation Thracian Fall 2011, Oct. 19, 2011 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. OTF11 is off-station training designed to enhance interoperability between U.S. and Bulgarian Air Forces as well as build partnerships with paratroopers from both. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Stephen J. Otero)

Gearing up

Army Sgt. Katherine Coleman, jumpmaster, secures her static line parachute during Operation Thracian Fall 2011, Oct. 19, 2011, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. OTF11 is off-station training designed to enhance interoperability between U.S. and Bulgarian Air Forces as well as build partnerships with paratroopers from both. Coleman is assigned to the 5th Quartermaster Det. Special Troops Battalion, 21st Theater Support Command. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Stephen J. Otero)

Thanks for the support

A Bulgarian parartrooper shakes hands with Army Sgt. Katherine Coleman, jumpmaster, just prior to static-line parachuting from a C-130J, during Operation Thracian Fall 2011, Oct. 19, 2011 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. OTF11 is off-station training designed to enhance interoperability between U.S. and Bulgarian Air Forces as well as build partnerships with paratroopers from both. Coleman is assigned to the 5th Quartermaster Det. Special Troops Battalion, 21st Theater Support Command. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Stephen J. Otero)

Maintaining the Herc

Staff Sgt. John-Moses Robinson, 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron defensive systems technician, from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, moves an engine maintenance stand off the flight line during Operation Thracian Fall 2011, Oct. 18, 2011 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Thracian Fall is an off-station training exercise designed to enhance interoperability between U.S. and Bulgarian Air Forces as well as build partnerships with paratroopers from both. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Stephen J. Otero)

Maintaining the Herc

Tech. Sgt. Ramiro Gonzalez, 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron propulsion systems mechanic, from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, holds a broken starter-control valve from a C-130J Super Hercules engine during Operation Thracian Fall 2011, Oct. 18, 2011 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. OTF11 is an off-station training exercise designed to enhance interoperability between U.S. and Bulgarian Air Forces as well as build partnerships with paratroopers from both. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Stephen J. Otero)