Photo Essay: Fort McCoy hosts Air Force airdrop training ops

By Amanda Clark and Kevin ClarkJuly 22, 2022

Fort McCoy hosts Air Force airdrop training ops
1 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – An airdrop is released from a C-130 Hercules on June 28, 2022, over a training area at Fort McCoy, Wis. Airmen with units of the 934th Airlift Wing of Minneapolis-Saint Paul Air Reserve Station, Minn., completed airdrop training over several days in late June at Fort McCoy. Fort McCoy is a regular training space for airdrop practice by Air Force mobility forces every year. Also, traditional airdrops by Air Force airlifters, such as the C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster III, are at altitudes of anywhere between 400 and 1,000 feet, and Fort McCoy offers plenty of airspace to train at those altitudes. (U.S. Army Photo by Amanda Clark, Fort McCoy Multimedia-Visual Information Office) (Photo Credit: Amanda Clark) VIEW ORIGINAL
Fort McCoy hosts Air Force airdrop training ops
2 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – An airdrop is released from a C-130 Hercules on June 28, 2022, over a training area at Fort McCoy, Wis. Airmen with units of the 934th Airlift Wing of Minneapolis-Saint Paul Air Reserve Station, Minn., completed airdrop training over several days in late June at Fort McCoy. Fort McCoy is a regular training space for airdrop practice by Air Force mobility forces every year. Also, traditional airdrops by Air Force airlifters, such as the C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster III, are at altitudes of anywhere between 400 and 1,000 feet, and Fort McCoy offers plenty of airspace to train at those altitudes. (U.S. Army Photo by Amanda Clark, Fort McCoy Multimedia-Visual Information Office) (Photo Credit: Amanda Clark) VIEW ORIGINAL
Fort McCoy hosts Air Force airdrop training ops
3 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Airmen recover an airdrop package June 29, 2022, during training at Fort McCoy, Wis. Airmen with units of the 934th Airlift Wing of Minneapolis-Saint Paul Air Reserve Station, Minn., completed airdrop training over several days in late June at Fort McCoy. Fort McCoy is a regular training space for airdrop practice by Air Force mobility forces every year. Also, traditional airdrops by Air Force airlifters, such as the C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster III, are at altitudes of anywhere between 400 and 1,000 feet, and Fort McCoy offers plenty of airspace to train at those altitudes. (U.S. Army Photo by Kevin Clark, Fort McCoy Multimedia-Visual Information Office) (Photo Credit: Kevin Clark) VIEW ORIGINAL
Fort McCoy hosts Air Force airdrop training ops
4 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – An airdrop bundle parachutes down after being released from a C-130 Hercules on June 29, 2022, over a training area at Fort McCoy, Wis. Airmen with units of the 934th Airlift Wing of Minneapolis-Saint Paul Air Reserve Station, Minn., completed airdrop training over several days in late June at Fort McCoy. Fort McCoy is a regular training space for airdrop practice by Air Force mobility forces every year. Also, traditional airdrops by Air Force airlifters, such as the C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster III, are at altitudes of anywhere between 400 and 1,000 feet, and Fort McCoy offers plenty of airspace to train at those altitudes. (U.S. Army Photo by Kevin Clark, Fort McCoy Multimedia-Visual Information Office) (Photo Credit: Scott Sturkol) VIEW ORIGINAL
Fort McCoy hosts Air Force airdrop training ops
5 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – An airdrop bundle parachutes down after being released from a C-130 Hercules on June 28, 2022, over a training area at Fort McCoy, Wis. Airmen with units of the 934th Airlift Wing of Minneapolis-Saint Paul Air Reserve Station, Minn., completed airdrop training over several days in late June at Fort McCoy. Fort McCoy is a regular training space for airdrop practice by Air Force mobility forces every year. Also, traditional airdrops by Air Force airlifters, such as the C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster III, are at altitudes of anywhere between 400 and 1,000 feet, and Fort McCoy offers plenty of airspace to train at those altitudes. (U.S. Army Photo by Amanda Clark, Fort McCoy Multimedia-Visual Information Office) (Photo Credit: Amanda Clark) VIEW ORIGINAL
Fort McCoy hosts Air Force airdrop training ops
6 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – An airdrop is released from a C-130 Hercules on June 28, 2022, over a training area at Fort McCoy, Wis. Airmen with units of the 934th Airlift Wing of Minneapolis-Saint Paul Air Reserve Station, Minn., completed airdrop training over several days in late June at Fort McCoy. Fort McCoy is a regular training space for airdrop practice by Air Force mobility forces every year. Also, traditional airdrops by Air Force airlifters, such as the C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster III, are at altitudes of anywhere between 400 and 1,000 feet, and Fort McCoy offers plenty of airspace to train at those altitudes. (U.S. Army Photo by Amanda Clark, Fort McCoy Multimedia-Visual Information Office) (Photo Credit: Amanda Clark) VIEW ORIGINAL
Fort McCoy hosts Air Force airdrop training ops
7 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – An airdrop bundle parachutes down after being released from a C-130 Hercules on June 28, 2022, over a training area at Fort McCoy, Wis. Airmen with units of the 934th Airlift Wing of Minneapolis-Saint Paul Air Reserve Station, Minn., completed airdrop training over several days in late June at Fort McCoy. Fort McCoy is a regular training space for airdrop practice by Air Force mobility forces every year. Also, traditional airdrops by Air Force airlifters, such as the C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster III, are at altitudes of anywhere between 400 and 1,000 feet, and Fort McCoy offers plenty of airspace to train at those altitudes. (U.S. Army Photo by Amanda Clark, Fort McCoy Multimedia-Visual Information Office) (Photo Credit: Amanda Clark) VIEW ORIGINAL
Fort McCoy hosts Air Force airdrop training ops
8 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – An airdrop is released from a C-130 Hercules on June 28, 2022, over a training area at Fort McCoy, Wis. Airmen with units of the 934th Airlift Wing of Minneapolis-Saint Paul Air Reserve Station, Minn., completed airdrop training over several days in late June at Fort McCoy. Fort McCoy is a regular training space for airdrop practice by Air Force mobility forces every year. Also, traditional airdrops by Air Force airlifters, such as the C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster III, are at altitudes of anywhere between 400 and 1,000 feet, and Fort McCoy offers plenty of airspace to train at those altitudes. (U.S. Army Photo by Amanda Clark, Fort McCoy Multimedia-Visual Information Office) (Photo Credit: Amanda Clark) VIEW ORIGINAL
Fort McCoy hosts Air Force airdrop training ops
9 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – An airdrop is released from a C-130 Hercules on June 28, 2022, over a training area at Fort McCoy, Wis. Airmen with units of the 934th Airlift Wing of Minneapolis-Saint Paul Air Reserve Station, Minn., completed airdrop training over several days in late June at Fort McCoy. Fort McCoy is a regular training space for airdrop practice by Air Force mobility forces every year. Also, traditional airdrops by Air Force airlifters, such as the C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster III, are at altitudes of anywhere between 400 and 1,000 feet, and Fort McCoy offers plenty of airspace to train at those altitudes. (U.S. Army Photo by Amanda Clark, Fort McCoy Multimedia-Visual Information Office) (Photo Credit: Amanda Clark) VIEW ORIGINAL

Fort McCoy Multimedia-Visual Information Office

Airmen with units of the 934th Airlift Wing of Minneapolis-Saint Paul Air Reserve Station, Minn., completed airdrop training over several days in late June at Fort McCoy.

Fort McCoy is a regular training space for airdrop practice by Air Force mobility forces every year.

Also, traditional airdrops by Air Force airlifters, such as the C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster III, are at altitudes of anywhere between 400 and 1,000 feet, and Fort McCoy offers plenty of airspace to train at those altitudes.

Fort McCoy’s motto is to be the “Total Force Training Center.” Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin.

The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services nearly every year since 1984.

Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on the Defense Visual Information Distribution System at https://www.dvidshub.net/fmpao, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.”

Also try downloading the Digital Garrison app to your smartphone and set “Fort McCoy” or another installation as your preferred base.