HOME STATION TO DROP ZONE The skies are filled with Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade as hun- dreds of paratroopers conduct a tactical airborne insertion onto Juliet Drop Zone, Pordenone, Italy. The case of EMC, which turns aircraft into flying com- mand posts on the way to the paratroopers’ objectives, shows that acquisition can move fast—it took only two years to go from idea to complete fielding. (U.S. Army photo by Lt. Col. John Hall, 173rd Airborne Brigade)