U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christian McDevitt, a loadmaster with the 37th Airlift Squadron, runs through his preflight checks on a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft before airlifting Army paratroopers with the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team from Ramstein Air Base in Germany Sept. 5, 2014, during exercise Steadfast Javelin II. Steadfast Javelin II is a NATO-led exercise designed to prepare U.S., NATO and international partner forces for unified land operations.