A U.S. Air Force combat controller team member with the 720th Special Tactics Group inspects the drop zone before a high altitude high opening jump from a C-130H3 Hercules aircraft over northeastern Niger Feb. 28, 2014, during exercise Flintlock 2014. Flintlock is a special operations forces exercise designed to hone the capabilities of U.S. and partner nation military units in Trans-Saharan Africa.