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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. James Hurst, 36th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron evaluator loadmaster, performs a pre-flight inspection of a C-130J Super Hercules in preparation of a static-line jump involving Bangladesh Special Forces during Cope South 2024, Feb. 24, 2024, near Sylhet, Bangladesh. As a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored bilateral tactical airlift exercise, CS24 involved multiple interactions with Bangladesh Air Force service members such as subject-matter exchanges in best-practices in operations, maintenance, and rigging career fields to strengthen relations and support the armed forces of Bangladesh’s long-term modernization effort to maintain regional stability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tristan Truesdell)