About 110 airmen and three C-130Js deployed to Greece April 18 for training alongside the Hellenic air force. The airmen and aircraft from the 37th Airlift Squadron at Ramstein AB, Germany, deployed to Elefsis AB, Greece, for Exercise Stolen Cerberus IV. The 10 day exercise includes US Army soldiers from the 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s 5th Quartermaster Company, according to US Air Forces in Europe. The airmen and soldiers will practice personnel and cargo airdrops, along with search and rescue, the release states.
After years of experiments and tests, senior Air Force leaders say they're on the verge of using C-17s and other cargo aircraft to launch cruise missiles via airdrop, touting the development as a way to bolster the combat fleet and a major shift in the service’s mindset.