Air Force TACPs demonstrate Arctic capabilities during Exercise Polar Quake [Image 23 of 34]

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK, UNITED STATES

01.12.2022

Photo by Alejandro Pena  

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson   

U.S. Air Force tactical air control party (TACP) specialists assigned to Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, jump from a Texas Air National Guard C-130J Super Hercules during airborne operations for Exercise Polar Quake at Malemute Drop Zone, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 12, 2022. The TACP Weapon System is uniquely organized, trained, and equipped to synchronize the majority of ground nodes into the Combined Forces Air Component Commander’s (CFACC) Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) and expand the web of communication to the tactical edge of the battlefield. Exercise Polar Quake highlighted the TACP Weapon System’s capability to provide the CFACC the ability to expand the command and control network and pass real or near real-time intelligence, battlespace situational awareness, and enhance the Find, Fix, Track, Target, Engage, Assess (F2T2EA) process while operating in austere Arctic environmental conditions. Texas Air National Guardsmen from the 136th Airlift Wing provided air support. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña)

• Date Taken: 01.12.2022
• Date Posted: 01.25.2022 09:29
• Photo ID: 7021284
• VIRIN: 220112-F-HY271-0101
• Resolution: 4171x2776
• Size: 8.28 MB
• Location: JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK, US
• Hometown: FORT WORTH, TX, US