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A Japan Air Self-Defense Force C-130 Hercules conducts for an airdrop during Exercise Cope North 17 at North Field, Tinian, Feb. 22, 2017. The exercise includes 22 total flying units and more than 2,700 personnel from three countries and continues the growth of strong, interoperable relationships within the Indo-Asia-Pacific region through integration of airborne and land-based command and control