U.S. Air Force Airmen with 62nd Airlift Wing prepare a C-17 Globemaster III prior to a night-time airlift mission as part of Exercise Rainier War 21B at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Nov. 6, 2021. Rainier War is a semi-annual, large readiness exercise led by the 62nd Airlift Wing to train aircrews under realistic scenarios that support full spectrum readiness operations against modern threats and replicate today’s contingency operations.