445th AW ATSO training

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio –Reservists assigned to the 445th Maintenance Group conducted Ability to Survive and Operate (ATSO) exercise July 14. As part of the training event, the Airmen were evaluated on their ability to launch and recover a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft while in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Anthony Springer)

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445th AW ATSO training

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Reservists assigned to the 445th Maintenance and Aircraft Maintenance Squadrons conducted Ability to Survive and Operate (ATSO) exercise July 14. The exercise tested the response of Airmen to chemical and conventional attacks that might occur in an overseas theater of operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Anthony Springer)

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Photo essay: 445th MXG launches four C-17s during ATSO training

Published July 23, 2012
By Stacy Vaughn
445th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The 445th Airlift Wing launched four C-17 Globemaster III aircraft within five minutes of each other in conjunction with the 445th Maintenance Group's ATSO - ability to survive and operate - training exercise July 14, 2012. The exercise tested the response of Airmen to chemical and conventional attacks that might occur in an overseas theater of operations

Click here for the slideshow featuring the various photos taken during the exercise.

445th AW ATSO training

445th AW ATSO training