U.S. Air National Guard Civil Engineers listen to instruction while equipped for expeditionary training during Patriot Forge II at Ft. Devens Army Reserve Training Area, Massachusetts, Aug. 11, 2026. The exercise served as training to support and enable Agile Combat Employment (ACE) and the skills needed to generate distributed airpower in a near-peer contested environment. Patriot Forge II was designed to develop a multi-unit engineer force capable of performing core expeditionary engineering and combat support tasks. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by: Master Sgt. Nicholas Perez)
| Date Taken: | 08.11.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 08.14.2026 14:58 |
| Photo ID: | 9869242 |
| VIRIN: | 260811-Z-CO600-2505 |
| Resolution: | 2543x1965 |
| Size: | 2.26 MB |
| Location: | US |
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