Senior Airman Nicholas Ward, left, and fellow 3d Air
Senior Airman Nicholas Ward, left, and fellow 3d Air Support Operations Group Tactical Air Control Party specialist Airman 1st Class Jaron Maddox, records target threat areas to relay to pilots during a close-a... More
Senior Airman Dylan Olson, 11th Air Support Operations
Senior Airman Dylan Olson, 11th Air Support Operations Squadron radio maintainer, embraces the cold in the Mojave Desert before helping guide F-16 Fighting Falcons through close-air support training at Ft. Irwi... More
Staff Sgt. Michael Laird, National Training Center
Staff Sgt. Michael Laird, National Training Center Joint Terminal Attack Controller observer, coach and trainer, radios in moving-target threats to pilots during a live-bomb exercise as part of Ft. Irwin, Calif... More
An F-16 Fighting Falcon soars over a mountain ridge
An F-16 Fighting Falcon soars over a mountain ridge in the Mojave Desert during pre-deployment training as part of a National Training Center rotation at Ft. Irwin, Calif., Feb. 20, 2018. During the month long ... More
Joint Terminal Attack Controllers from the 93d Air
Joint Terminal Attack Controllers from the 93d Air Ground Operations Wing communicate target locations to pilots during a live-bomb exercise as part of Ft. Irwin, California’s National Training Center pre-deplo... More
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kevin Byrne, 3d Air Support
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kevin Byrne, 3d Air Support Operations Group, Detachment 3 staff weather operator, analyzes weather forecasts during pre-deployment rotation training at Ft. Irwin, California’s, Nation... More
Senior Airman Joseph Schwartz, 14th Air Support Operations
Senior Airman Joseph Schwartz, 14th Air Support Operations Squadron Joint Terminal Attack Controller, communicates target locations to pilots during a close-air support exercise as part of a Ft. Irwin, Califor.... More
Airman 1st Class Christopher Beeson, 3d Air Support
Airman 1st Class Christopher Beeson, 3d Air Support Operations Group Tactical Air Control Party specialist, smiles prior to co-directing an air strike during a rotation at Ft. Irwin, California’s National Train... More
Weather forecasters from the 3d Air Support Operations
Weather forecasters from the 3d Air Support Operations Group assemble a tactical meteorological observing system during a pre-deployment rotation at Ft. Irwin, California’s National Training Center, Feb. 21, 2018.
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tyler Mantyh, left, looks
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tyler Mantyh, left, looks on as fellow 3d Weather Squadron weather forecaster Senior Airman Christopher Obregon, conducts a weather reading during pre-deployment training at Ft. Irwin,... More
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kristopher Day-Bottai, 3d
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kristopher Day-Bottai, 3d Air Support Operations Group weather forecaster, discusses the importance of providing Army assets with accurate weather during an interview for pre-deploymen... More
A 93d Air Ground Operations Wing Joint Terminal Attack
A 93d Air Ground Operations Wing Joint Terminal Attack Controller transcribes target positions to relay to pilots during a live-bomb exercise as part of a rotation at Ft. Irwin, California’s National Training C... More