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    Three civilian men are engaged in conversation at what appears to be an outdoor military training or demonstration site. A man in a red polo shirt with a white beard and bucket hat appears to be briefing or explaining something to two other men wearing matching navy and gray polo shirts with a logo. Military personnel in camouflage uniforms are visible in the background near a blue canopy tent.

    FINLEY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

    04.29.2026

    Photo by Paul Gorman 

    Wisconsin National Guard Public Affairs Office       

    Tracy Mackey, right, a contractor support services specialist for the Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment Program Office of Naval Air Systems Command, engages with Michael Wiskus, center, president of PlaneSkate, and Seth Owens, PlaneSkate’s operations coordinator, during the Advanced Crash Damaged and Disabled Aircraft Recovery Course at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center in Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, July 14, 2026. More than 85 military and civilian defense partners took part in the Joint Program Office course, which provided attendees practical, hands-on training recovering a wide variety of airframes using advanced equipment and techniques designed to do so safely and efficiently. (U.S. National Guard photo by Paul Gorman)

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    Date Taken: 04.29.2026
    Date Posted: 07.22.2026 17:21
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    VIRIN: 260714-Z-HS473-1111
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    Location: FINLEY, WISCONSIN, US
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