JTACs direct close air support at Northern Strike 19 [Image 8 of 17]

GRAYLING, MI, UNITED STATES

07.22.2019

Photo by Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer 

182nd Airlift Wing

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kendall Stinebacker, left, a tactical air control party specialist with the 169th Air Support Operations Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, conducts close air support mission qualification training under the guidance of fellow 169th TACP Staff Sgt. Tyler Herlihy at the Range 40 Complex in Grayling, Mich., July 22, 2019. TACPs coordinate combat aircraft operations from the battlefield.

Northern Strike 19 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting service members from more than 20 states, multiple service branches and numerous coalition countries during the last two weeks of July 2019 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 Capability 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. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Lealan Buehrer)

• Date Taken: 07.22.2019
• Date Posted: 07.23.2019 20:15
• Photo ID: 5606015
• VIRIN: 190722-Z-EU280-1033
• Resolution: 5920x3330
• Size: 4.02 MB
• Location: GRAYLING, MI, US
• Hometown: PEORIA, IL, US