A 934th Airlift Wing C-130 lines up on a dirt runway at Fort Ripley, Minn. (Air Force photo/Wendy Cormier)
Maj. Marty Schulting, 96th Airlift Squadron C-130 co-pilot, practices landings on a dirt runway at Fort Ripley, Minn. (Air Force photo/Wendy Cormier)
A 934th Airlift Wing C-130 practices landings on a dirt runway at Fort Ripley, Minn. (Air Force photo/Wendy Cormier)
A 934th Airlift Wing C-130 practices takeoffs and landings on a dirt runway at Fort Ripley, Minn. The training prepares aircrews for missions to unimpoved airstrips in remote areas. (Air Force photo/Wendy Cormier)