RAAF, USAF C-17s practice flying U.S. Army paratroopers non-stop from Alaska to Australia

Five U.S. Air Force C-17s and two Royal Australian Air Force C-17s help move almost 450 U.S. Army paratroopers non-stop from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, to Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley, Australia on Jul. 8 as part of Talisman Sabre 15.

RAAF C-17 Globemaster A41-209 during an exercise in 2014
By Senior Airman Patrick Evenson [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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