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Agile Wolf 20-04: 435 CRG practices sling load ops

Photos by Senior Airman Milton Hamilton and Staff Sgt. Devin Boyer
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
June 11, 2020
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 1-214th General Support Aviation Battalion, Wiesbaden, give a CH-47 Chinook helicopter briefing to U.S. Airmen assigned to units within the 435th Contingency Response Group at Ramstein Air Base, May 27. Agile Wolf 20-04 provided joint training to prepare Airmen for rapid airlift operations in contingency environments. Agile Wolf 20-04 is an exercise designed to sharpen the 435th CRG’s tactics, techniques and procedures for establishing expeditionary airfields on demand.
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 1-214th General Support Aviation Battalion, Wiesbaden, approach cargo with a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Ramstein Air Base, May 27. The training provided 435th Contingency Response Group Airmen an opportunity to practice sling load operations for Agile Wolf 20-04.
U.S. Airmen assigned to units within the 435th Contingency Response Group sling load cargo onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Ramstein Air Base, May 27. The training required teamwork to ensure success of the operation while keeping each other safe. The 435th CRG worked with the U.S. Army 1-214th General Support Aviation Battalion, Wiesbaden, to provide the joint training as part of Agile Wolf 20-04.
U.S. Airmen assigned to units within the 435th Contingency Response Group brace themselves while U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 1-214th General Support Aviation Battalion, Wiesbaden, lift cargo with a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Ramstein Air Base, May 27. The 435th CRG worked with the 214th AR to provide joint training as part of Agile Wolf 20-04.
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy Geerts, 435th Security Forces Squadron team member, uses hand signals to guide a CH-47 Chinook helicopter into place before 435th Contingency Response Group Airmen sling load cargo onto the aircraft at Ramstein Air Base, May 27. Due to the noise projected by the Chinook, prior planning and communication through hand signals was crucial to the success of the operation. The 435th CRG worked with the U.S. Army 1-214th General Support Aviation Battalion, Wiesbaden, to provide the joint training as part of Agile Wolf 20-04.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jonathon Alarcon, 1-214th General Support Aviation Battalion, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade CH-47 flight engineer section chief, gives a CH-47 Chinook helicopter briefing to U.S. Airmen assigned to units within the 435th Contingency Response Group during exercise Agile Wolf 20-04 at Ramstein Air Base, May 27. Before conducting sling load operations, Alarcon explained the mechanics and capabilities of the helicopter.
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Marcus Moore, 435th Contingency Response Squadron mobile aerial port journeyman, drives an MRZR all-terrain vehicle onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during exercise Agile Wolf 20-04 at Ramstein Air Base, May 27. Moore familiarized himself with the payload capabilities of the Chinook to better prepare for contingency operations.
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