Sky Full Of Chutes

6/28/2013 Strategy Page

Paratroopers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division conduct an airfield seizure during Operation Fury Thunder June 21, at Fort Bragg. Fury Thunder was an operation designed to prepare and train Paratroopers to seize and project combat power in a denied environment. More than 1,500 Paratroopers performed static line jumps with follow on missions as they assembled on the ground. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Juan F. Jimenez