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U.S. Air Force Special Tactics trains to lead, build partnership in Jordan
Explosions reverberate throughout the city, and rapid gunfire echoes off the stucco buildings as a joint nation special operations force fast-ropes onto a three-story building to infiltrate the hostile city.
Italian special operations forces, U.S. Air Force Special Tactics and members of the Jordanian Armed Forces Special Task Force fast rope from a Royal Jordanian Air Force UH-60L Blackhawk helicopter onto a three-story building during Exercise Eager Lion May 11, 2017, at King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center. Eager Lion is an annual U.S. Central Command exercise in Jordan designed to strengthen military-to-military relationships between the U.S., Jordan and other international partners. This year’s iteration is comprised of about 7,200 military personnel from more than 20 nations that will respond to scenarios involving border security, command and control, cyber defense and battlespace management.
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