Rather than a ceremonial “elephant walk,” the drill was designed to test how fast parked aircraft could be converted into an airborne mobility package under operational time pressure, reflecting real-world deployment demands.

The past, present and future of military power is at its heart expressed in airlift power, which is why it is a good thing Europe has developed the Airbus A400M and C295, South America the Embraer C-390 and Japan the Kawasaki C2 and functionally distributed power globally into a more multipolar world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A400M_Atlas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_C295

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embraer_C-390_Millennium

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_C-2

https://thebulletin.org/2023/08/rapid-dragon-the-us-military-game-changer-that-could-affect-conventional-and-nuclear-strategy-and-arms-control-negotiations/