Air Force personnel carry gear from a C-17 Globemaster III during Exercise NEXUS FORGE 2025 at Kalaeloa Airport, Hawaii. . NEXUS FORGE is a large-scale Expeditionary Air Base certification event focused on increasing interoperability among U.S. & allied forces in the Pacific theater, furthering efforts to secure a free & open Indo-Pacific region. . 📸 by Staff Sgt. Jennifer Healy . . . . . #C17GlobemasterIII #defenseandsecurity #AirPower #readiness #interoperability #lethality