Operation Win received a morale boost Friday thanks to some of Kentucky’s closest military friends.With Saturday’s Military Appreciation Day game on the horizon, the 101st Airborne Division Demonstration Team out of Fort Campbell, “The Screaming Eagles,” parachuted and landed onto the Tim Couch Practice Fields during the Kentucky football team’s Charleston Southern walkthrough.While the team stretched for its morning walkthrough, sergeant Adam Sniffen and sergeant Jae Park jumped from a plane 3,000 feet above the Nutter Training Facility and landed in the middle of the practice fields. As soon as Sniffen and Park touched down on the field, the Kentucky players, some of whom were chanting “U-S-A, U-S-A,” ran over to meet the “The Screaming Eagles” before Park helped the UK coaching staff deliver the game plan for Saturday’s game with Charleston Southern.”Always know the situation of the game,” Park said to the UK players. “Know your backup and who’s got your back. Hit the field like you mean it.”Head coach Joker Phillips, who, along with his coaching staff, journeyed aboard two Blackhawks to the Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center outside of Greenville, Ky., to meet with troops from the 149th Maneuver Enhanced Brigade before the season, said it’s just the beginning of a long-standing relationship with the military.”That was amazing,” Phillips said. “I had cold chills just watching those guys. I told our guys that these guys are well trained and we have to show tomorrow how well trained we are.”It was a special moment for sophomore kicker Craig McIntosh, who serves as a member of UK’s Army ROTC program.”It’s very inspiring to have them come out and motivate us to get ready for the game tomorrow,” McIntosh said. “Military Appreciation Day is a really big deal, and I’m looking forward to seeing that enormous flag out there (Saturday) on the field and honoring everything the men and women of our armed forces means to us. They defend our country, and I’ll be a part of that in the near future.”Defensive tackle Ricky Lumpkin, whose parents both served in the Army, said Military Appreciation Day is always one of his favorite games.  “Military Appreciation Day should inspire any team,” Lumpkin said. “You want to win that game for them. It makes them excited and a lot of the soldiers coming are going to be from Fort Campbell and pretty sure they are all Kentucky fans. To send them back with a win would be awesome. We get to shake their hand after the game and to see their smiling face has been my favorite thing to do here over the past five years here. They are just so excited to be here. During the game, you see them eating their hot dog, drinking their soda while yelling and watching the game it a great feeling and it’s awesome to be around it.” Watching “The Screaming Eagles” parachute and land on the field also served as a nice break and surprise for the Kentucky football players, who, until Friday morning, had no clue they would get to meet some soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division.”It was a nice break in practice, but at the same time, to see them come down with the drift markers and the wind and things like that, it was amazing,” Lumpkin said. “It’s like what we do, but their job goes to a higher extent. If they mess up, they may not be coming back. To see how they take all the preparation and know what the altitude is, add in the wind, sky conditions and see how all of that takes effect, and then to see how they can land perfectly on a little dot, that is precision. You have to love it.”Sniffen and Park are scheduled to parachute and land on C.M. Newton Field at Commonwealth Stadium before UK’s game with Charleston Southern on Saturday.