FILE PHOTO -- A flight of C-17 Globemaster IIIs from the 437th Air Wing, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., practices troop-drop procedures prior to picking up paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division Fort Bragg, N.C. on July 15, 2000. An international mix of 172 paratroopers are flying directly from Fort Bragg to the Ukraine are jumping in support of exercise Peace Shield 2000. Peace Shield is a Partnership for Peace exercise involving 22 countries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jim Varhegyi)