Two U.S. Army Rangers were injured Thursday night during a parachute drop in the final training exercise at the Eastern Oregon Regional Airport, a Rangers spokeswoman said.

One was flown to a Seattle hospital after treatment at St. Anthony Hospital, Pendleton, said city Fire Chief Gary Woodson. Pendleton city paramedics treated the pair at the scene, he said.

The Rangers concluded two days of exercises Thursday in which 800 members of 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment practiced airfield seizure tactics. The last exercise kicked off at 9:59 p.m. Thursday and the two Rangers were injured in a static-line parachute drop involving hundreds of troops at about that time, said Rangers spokeswoman Tracy Bailey.

The exercise, Operation Desert Torch, also involved an Air Force unit from Hurlburt Field, Fla., and an Army special-operations aviation unit from Fort Campbell, Ky. The Rangers are based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Tacoma, Wash. Bailey said the military handed the airport back to the city at 6 a.m. Friday.

“Everybody was great to work with,”?Bailey said. “I?see us coming back in the future.”

The Rangers last used the airport for its exercise in 2002.

Bailey said she had no further information on the nature of the two Rangers’ injuries. Woodson said only that the injuries were “probably beyond the scope of what St. Anthony can treat,” which  could mean a specialist was unavailable at the time. St. Anthony spokesman Larry Blanc did not return a phone message before deadline.

Bailey said she knew of no damage at the airport, but if any occurred the government would reimburse the owner for repairs.

The Rangers stormed the airport Monday evening during the first night of exercises. A second night of practice was postponed Wednesday due to poor weather.

The event involved a small air force of its own, but Bailey said she knew of only one noise complaint, a caller to the airport Monday night.

Invited observers who watched the war game through night-vision devices described it as awe inspiring.

This story originally appeared in East Oregonian.