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Elements of the 3rd Infantry Division from Fort Stewart, Ga., traveled to Fort Irwin, Calif., to participate in a National Training Center exercise prior to their upcoming deployment. The Army has transformed NTC rotations into a mission-rehearsal exercise for their forces. The Air Force followed suit and transformed its Air Warrior exercise to Green Flag in support of NTC. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Smith)


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Elements of the 3rd Infantry Division from Fort Stewart, Ga., traveled to Fort Irwin, Calif., to participate in a National Training Center exercise prior to their upcoming deployment. The Army has transformed NTC rotations into a mission-rehearsal exercise for their forces. The Air Force followed suit and transformed its Air Warrior exercise to Green Flag in support of NTC. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Smith)

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The five U.S. Special Operations Forces Truths. The U.S. Air Force Weapons School Integration phase provides an unparalleled opportunity to train to the fifth SOF Truth, Most Special Operations require non-SOF support. (Courtesy U.S. Air Force graphic)
Personnel assigned to the 14th Weapons Squadron, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment and 66th WPS execute a landing zone security and forward area refueling point operations between an Army MH-47 and Air Force U-28 aircraft in support of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School Integration Exercise Special Operations Forces Hostage Recovery Mission. The mission featured 17 aircraft, and more than 200 Army and Air Force personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Major Richie Harr,)
U.S. Army flying crew chief assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment sets up the forward area refueling point with two MH-47 aircraft at the Delmar desert landing strip, Nev., Dec. 2. The forward area refueling site was enabled by special tactics Airmen providing security at the landing zone and was conducted within a highly contested environment with an AC-130U providing close air support. (U.S. Air Force photo by Major Richie Harr)
A U-28 assigned to the U.S. Air Force Weapons School’s 14th Weapons Squadron flies enroute to the Delmar desert landing zone, Nev., Dec. 2. A U.S. Army MH-47, (blades, foreground) assigned to 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment awaits at forward area refueling point, while a 14th WPS, AC-130U provides close air support. The 14th WPS hosted 17 diverse units and other government agencies during a hostage rescue exercise, as part of the USAF Weapons School Integration phase.
Two HH-60G Pave Hawk combat search and rescue crews prepare to extract a simulated downed service member from the Orchard Range Training Complex in Boise, Idaho, on April 20 during the 34th Weapons Squadron’s Terminal Employment phase. The TE phase teaches Pave Hawk pilots and special mission aviators advanced aircraft and weapons employment tactics in the final stage of a rescue mission.
Staff Sgt. Keon Miller, 66th Rescue Squadron special mission aviator, watches pararescue personnel recover a simulated downed service member during the 34th Weapons Squadron’s Terminal Employment phase at the Orchard Range Training Complex in Boise, Idaho, on April 20. Miller was one of two students participating in a concept course on advanced tactics for HH-60G Pave Hawk SMAs.
A special mission aviator loads .50-caliber ammunition on an HH-60G Pave Hawk during the 34th Weapons Squadron’s Terminal Employment phase in Boise Idaho, on April 19. The TE phase teaches Pave Hawk pilots and SMAs advanced aircraft and weapons employment tactics in the final stage of a rescue mission.
Master Sgt. Jared Pietras, left, U.S. Air Force Weapons School, joint terminal attack controller advanced course instructor and Tech. Sgt. James Larsen, JTAC, advanced instructor course, student pass target coordinates to an AH-64D Apache helicopters on the Nevada Test and Training Range, Oct. 9, 2014. The USAFWS teaches graduate-level instructor courses that provide the world's most advanced training in weapons and tactics employment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Susan Garcia)
Tactical Air Control Party members from the 7th Air Support Operations Squadron, Fort Bliss, Texas, monitor radios from a defensive fighting position while Joint Terminal Attack Controllers direct incoming aircraft to simulated targets throughout the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., June 12, 2015. Exercise Green Flag runs at this location ten times annually, and places JTACs on the ground in support of Army Brigade Combat Teams receiving vital pre-deployment training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Kleinholz)
A Joint Terminal Attack Controller assigned to the 7th Air Support Operations Squadron, Fort Bliss, Texas, uses a radio to direct the pilot of an F-16 Fighting Falcon toward designated targets during a Green Flag 15-08 training scenario June 12, 2015 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif. The JTAC pictured is conducting a “talk on,” during which a controller communicates navigational information as well as calls for fire to a pilot in the air in order to support the needs of the ground commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Kleinholz)
From Nov. 1 through 7, Air Combat Command’s Inspector General team will be at Nellis and Creech Air Force Bases for the UEI Capstone to rate how effective each base is in performing and completing its mission. The Capstone marks the end of the current UEI inspection cycle and validates a wing’s CCIP, or commander’s inspection program, and rates the wing on four major graded areas: managing resources, leading people, improving the unit and executing the mission. For more information on the November UEI capstone, contact the 99th Air Base Wing Inspector General’s office at 702-652-2535. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika)
Staff Sgt. Steven Chalupnik, 820th RED HORSE special capabilities instructor, utilizes a rock drill to drill bore holes into a mountain during explosive demolition training at the 820th RED HORSE quarry on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., June 9, 2015. The holes Chalupnik are drilling will be loaded with explosives and blasted, so the mountain rubble can be turned into construction material. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika)
Staff Sgt. Jeremy Smith
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