Latvian Air Force Commander visits Battle Creek during Northern Strike 18 [Image 6 of 7]

BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES

08.14.2018

Photo by 1st Lt. Andrew Layton 

110th Wing

Col. Daniel Whipple, vice commander, 110th Attack Wing, Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, Mich., and Col. J.R. Alexander, Operations Group Commander, Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, Mich., show Col. Armands Saltups, Air Force commander, Latvian National Armed Forces, the 110th Operations Group's unclassified MQ-9 simulator, Aug. 14, 2018. Saltups toured base facilities and discussed new areas of collaboration between the Michigan Air National Guard and the Latvian Air Force. Latvia and Michigan are partners under the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program (SPP).

Northern Strike 18 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting service members from many states, multiple service branches and a number of coalition countries during the first three weeks of August 2018 at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, both located in northern Michigan and operated by the Michigan National Guard. The accredited Joint National Training Capabilities exercise demonstrates the Michigan National Guard's ability to provide accessible, readiness-building opportunities for military units from all service branches to achieve and sustain proficiency in conducting mission command, air, sea, and ground maneuver integration, together with the synchronization of fires in a joint, multinational, decisive action environment (Air National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Andrew Layton/released)

• Date Taken: 08.14.2018
• Date Posted: 08.14.2018 17:13
• Photo ID: 4645744
• VIRIN: 180814-F-VX133-747
• Resolution: 5751x3983
• Size: 4.28 MB
• Location: BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN, US