French Airborne Operation 2010
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. David Edwards, 435th Security Forces Squadron, inspects a chute prior to a static jump from a C-130J Super Hercules at École des troupes aéroportées (ETAP) Pau, France, March 2, 2010. Members of the 435th Contingency Response Group and the 5th Quartermaster Company joined with their French military counterparts for a week of training at the École des troupes aéroportées (ETAP), or School of Airborne Troops, a military school dedicated to training the military paratroopers the French army, located in the town of Pau, in the département of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The ETAP is responsible for training paratroopers, and for international cooperation and promotion of paratroop culture. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Caleb Pierce)