Story by Maj. Sabrina Dalton | 186th Air Refueling Wing | 04.06.2025
Humble, brave, valiant, selfless, and highly decorated are just a few words to describe members of the 238th Air Support Operations Squadron (ASOS), Key Field Air National Guard (ANG) Base in Meridian, Mississippi. Comprised of Special Warfare Airmen known as TACPs or Tactical Air Control Party, Air Liaison Officers (ALO), operations support, and Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC), the......
Story by Maj. Bonnie Blakely | 124th Fighter Wing | 08.29.2024
German armed forces Joint Terminal Attack Controllers made a second visit to Idaho this year to train with their counterparts from the 124th Fighter Wing, Air Support Operations Squadron, Idaho Air National Guard, across southern Idaho, Aug. 24-29, 2024....
Story by Airman 1st Class Bobby Teichmann | 49th Wing | 03.15.2024
U.S. Airmen, Soldiers and Belgian army soldiers participated in joint-training exercise Operation Sandlot in the Fort Bliss range in New Mexico, March 13-15, 2024. Tactical air control party specialists coordinated air-to-ground strikes with F-16 Vipers and MQ-9 Reapers from Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico and AH-64 Apaches from Fort Bliss....
Story by Staff Sgt. Joseph Morgan | Idaho Army National Guard | 08.30.2023
The Idaho Army National Guard’s State Aviation Group assisted the 124th Fighter Wing’s Air Support Operations Squadron and Medical Group in executing medical evacuation training at Prairie, Idaho, Aug. 30. During the joint-training, the Army occupied the skies in preparation for medical evacuations while the Air, on the ground, prepped patients and radioed nine-line medevac requests. The......
Story by Senior Airman Austin Harper | 194th Wing | 08.06.2023
CAMP MURRAY, Wash. — The Washington Air National Guard’s 111th Air Support Operations Squadron completed a field training exercise in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Aug. 3-4. The field training serves as a practical refresher on expeditionary skills, such as land navigation, plotting courses on tactical maps, forward equipment setup, camp concealment tactics, and field health......
Story by Airman 1st Class Asiah Phillips | 147th Attack Wing (Texas Air National Guard) | 05.12.2023
HONOLULU, HI – The 147th Air Support Operations Squadron traveled to Honolulu, Hawaii on April 11 for a 10-day exercise focused on sharpening their operability in jungle-like terrain. The overall objective of the training was to prepare the 147th Tactical Air Control Party Specialists and Joint Terminal Attack Controllers for success in the Pacific Theater....
Story by Staff Sgt. Joseph Morgan | 124th Fighter Wing | 05.12.2023
Special warfare tactical air control party Airmen with the 124th Fighter Wing’s Air Support Operations Squadron conducted combat proficiency training May 8-12 at Saylor Creek Air Force Range....
Story by Staff Sgt. Joseph Morgan | 124th Fighter Wing | 07.02.2022
Special warfare tactical air control party Airmen with the 124th Air Support Operations Squadron practiced mountain operations with dismounted movements to include surveillance near Pine, Idaho, August 20, 2022....
