A US Air Force C-17 drops paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team during a training exercise over Maniago near Aviano air base on March 22, 2011. US and Western warplanes were converging in the last two days on Italy's air bases, including Aviano, to join the international campaign to cripple the ability of Moamer Kadhafi's forces to attack Libyan civilians. (GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP/Getty Images)
