Special operations Airmen with the 123rd Special Tactics

Special operations Airmen with the 123rd Special Tactics Squadron of the Kentucky Air National Guard at Louisville conduct an airborne insertion jump at Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport on July 16, 2019, after parachuting from a C-130H Hercules for a Patriot North 2019 exercise scenario at Fort McCoy, Wis. The National Guard Bureau exercise is designed for civilian emergency management and responders to work with military entities in the same manner they would during disasters. Patriot North provided Soldiers and Airmen with a chance to improve their skills to respond to a natural disaster and work with emergency management agencies. More than 700 civilians, volunteers, and National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from more than 20 states supported the 2019 exercise at Volk Field, Wis., and Fort McCoy. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)