Photo by Master Sgt. Matthew Mccoy | 184th Wing | 06.22.2022
Dirt “splashes” and sparks fly as A-10 Thunderbolts strafe ground targets at Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range near Salina, Kansas, June 22, 2022. The air-to-ground attack was coordinated by joint terminal attack controllers assigned to the U.S. Marine Corps during Exercise Gunslinger. Smoky Hill ANG Range is the largest and busiest weapons range in the Air National Guard. With hundreds......
Photo by Master Sgt. Matthew Mccoy | 184th Wing | 06.22.2022
An A-10 Thunderbolt II assigned to Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, fires rockets toward ground targets at Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range near Salina, Kansas, June 22, 2022. The operation was part of a large-scale, joint exercise called Gunslinger during which Air Force, Marine, and Army personnel trained together. (U.S. Air National Guard photos by Master Sgt. Matt McCoy)...
Photo by Master Sgt. Matthew Mccoy | 184th Wing | 06.22.2022
An A-10 Thunderbolt II from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, performs close air support operations during Exercise Gunslinger at Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range near Salina, Kansas, June 22, 2022. The aircraft is directed from the ground by joint terminal attack controllers assigned to the U.S. Marine Corps. The aircrew and JTACs worked together to execute air strikes on ground targets......
Photo by Master Sgt. Matthew Mccoy | 184th Wing | 06.22.2022
From left: U.S. Air Force Maj. Adam Moiles, junior executive officer to the director of the Air National Guard; Lt. Col. Robert Campbell, deputy commander, 184th Regional Support Group; and Lt. Gen. Michael Loh, director, Air National Guard, watch close air support operations at Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range near Salina, Kansas, June 22, 2022. The operations were part of a joint training......
Photo by Master Sgt. Matthew Mccoy | 184th Wing | 06.22.2022
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Rex Teachenor, joint terminal attack controller-instructor, 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, speaks directly with U.S. Air Force aircrew members flying A-10 Thunderbolts to execute close air support strikes during joint training operations at Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range, Kansas, June 22, 2022. The training operations were part of Exercise Gunslinger,......
Photo by Master Sgt. Matthew Mccoy | 184th Wing | 06.22.2022
From left: U.S. Air Force Maj. Adam Moiles, junior executive officer to the director of the Air National Guard; Lt. Col. Joe Deeds, director of staff-Air, Kansas National Guard; and Lt. Gen. Michael Loh, director, Air National Guard; listen to Maj. Scott Blechle, director of operations, Detachment 1, Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range, as he explains the tactics used during close air support......
Photo by Master Sgt. Matthew Mccoy | 184th Wing | 06.22.2022
U.S. Air Force Maj. Scott Blechle, center, director of operations, Detachment 1, Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range, briefs a crowd of distinguished visitors including Lt. Gen. Michael Loh, director, Air National Guard, during a demonstration at Smoky Hill ANG Range near Salina, Kansas, June 22, 2022. Blechle explains the targets in the distance, and what the crowd should expect to see and......
Photo by Master Sgt. Matthew Mccoy | 184th Wing | 06.22.2022
U.S. Air Force Maj. Scott Blechle, center, director of operations, Detachment 1, Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range, welcomes Lt. Gen. Michael Loh, right, director, Air National Guard; and Maj. Gen. David Weishaar, adjutant general of the Kansas National Guard, during a visit to the weapons range near Salina Kansas, June 22, 2022. The visit enabled Loh to observe joint exercise Gunslinger, in......
