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Rally in the Valley 2020: 913th Airlift Group's initial flight

Air Force Reserve Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists prepares to parachute out the ramp of a C-130J Super Hercules near Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 23, 2020. Eight C-130s and Reserve and Guard partners converged to participate in a week-long training event. The training scenario was designed to test the abilities of Air Force Reserve units to execute rapid global mobility missions in challenging, contested scenarios. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Senior Airman Nathan Byrnes)

Air Force Reserve Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists prepares to parachute out the ramp of a C-130J Super Hercules near Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 23, 2020. Eight C-130s and Reserve and Guard partners converged to participate in a week-long training event. The training scenario was designed to test the abilities of Air Force Reserve units to execute rapid global mobility missions in challenging, contested scenarios. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Senior Airman Nathan Byrnes)

Air Force Reserve loadmaster watches cargo descend toward a drop zone after it is pushed out of the back of a C-130J Super Hercules near Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 23, 2020. Eight C-130s and Reserve and Guard partners converge to participate in a week-long training event. The exercise was designed to test the abilities of Air Force Reserve units to execute rapid global mobility missions in challenging, contested scenarios. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Senior Airman Nathan Byrnes)

Air Force Reserve loadmaster watches cargo descend toward a drop zone after it is pushed out of the back of a C-130J Super Hercules near Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 23, 2020. Eight C-130s and Reserve and Guard partners converge to participate in a week-long training event. The exercise was designed to test the abilities of Air Force Reserve units to execute rapid global mobility missions in challenging, contested scenarios. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Senior Airman Nathan Byrnes)

Air Force Reserve Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists prepares to parachute out the ramp of a C-130J Super Hercules near Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 23, 2020. Eight C-130s and Reserve and Guard partners converge to participate in a week-long training event. The training scenario was designed to test the abilities of Air Force Reserve units to execute rapid global mobility missions in challenging, contested scenarios. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Senior Airman Nathan Byrnes)

Air Force Reserve Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists prepares to parachute out the ramp of a C-130J Super Hercules near Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 23, 2020. Eight C-130s and Reserve and Guard partners converge to participate in a week-long training event. The training scenario was designed to test the abilities of Air Force Reserve units to execute rapid global mobility missions in challenging, contested scenarios. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Senior Airman Nathan Byrnes)

Air Force Reserve Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists prepares to parachute out the ramp of a C-130J Super Hercules near Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 23, 2020. Eight C-130s and Reserve and Guard partners converge to participate in a week-long training event. The training scenario was designed to test the abilities of Air Force Reserve units to execute rapid global mobility missions in challenging, contested scenarios. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Senior Airman Nathan Byrnes)

Air Force Reserve Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists prepares to parachute out the ramp of a C-130J Super Hercules near Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 23, 2020. Eight C-130s and Reserve and Guard partners converge to participate in a week-long training event. The training scenario was designed to test the abilities of Air Force Reserve units to execute rapid global mobility missions in challenging, contested scenarios. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Senior Airman Nathan Byrnes)

Air Force Reserve loadmasters watch cargo descend toward a drop zone after it is pushed out of the back of a C-130J Super Hercules near Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 23, 2020. Eight C-130s and Reserve and Guard partners converge to participate in a week-long training event. The exercise was designed to test the abilities of Air Force Reserve units to execute rapid global mobility missions in challenging, contested scenarios. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Senior Airman Nathan Byrnes)

Air Force Reserve loadmasters watch cargo descend toward a drop zone after it is pushed out of the back of a C-130J Super Hercules near Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 23, 2020. Eight C-130s and Reserve and Guard partners converge to participate in a week-long training event. The exercise was designed to test the abilities of Air Force Reserve units to execute rapid global mobility missions in challenging, contested scenarios. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Senior Airman Nathan Byrnes)

Air Force Reserve loadmaster prepares to launch cargo out of the ramp of a C-130J Super Hercules near Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 23, 2020. The training event tested aircrew on their tactical combat airlift capabilities such as cargo airdrop, formation flights, and personnel delivery in a contested environment. There were a total of eight aircraft from six units supporting the training effort, enabling strategic depth and readiness for the force. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Senior Airman Nathan Byrnes)

Air Force Reserve loadmaster prepares to launch cargo out of the ramp of a C-130J Super Hercules near Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 23, 2020. The training event tested aircrew on their tactical combat airlift capabilities such as cargo airdrop, formation flights, and personnel delivery in a contested environment. There were a total of eight aircraft from six units supporting the training effort, enabling strategic depth and readiness for the force. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Senior Airman Nathan Byrnes)

Air Force Reserve Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists prepares to parachute out the ramp of a C-130J Super Hercules near Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 23, 2020. Eight C-130s and Reserve and Guard partners converged to participate in a week-long training event. The training scenario was designed to test the abilities of Air Force Reserve units to execute rapid global mobility missions in challenging, contested scenarios. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Senior Airman Nathan Byrnes)

Air Force Reserve Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists prepares to parachute out the ramp of a C-130J Super Hercules near Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 23, 2020. Eight C-130s and Reserve and Guard partners converged to participate in a week-long training event. The training scenario was designed to test the abilities of Air Force Reserve units to execute rapid global mobility missions in challenging, contested scenarios. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Senior Airman Nathan Byrnes)

CHARLESTON, W. Va. -- Air Force Reserve Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists prepares to parachute out the ramp of a C-130J Super Hercules near Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 23, 2020. Eight C-130s and Reserve and Guard partners converged to participate in a week-long training event. The training scenario was designed to test the abilities of Air Force Reserve units to execute rapid global mobility missions in challenging, contested scenarios. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Senior Airman Nathan Byrnes)