Story by Master Sgt. Arthur Wright | DC National Guard | 06.21.2025
Members of the D.C. Army National Guard’s 1-224th Aviation Regiment, West Virginia National Guard, Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs) from the 7th Air Support Operations Squadron and NATO partners from Germany and Slovenia, participate in Misty Dawn in Elkins, West Virginia, on March 7, 2025. More than 20 air and ground units across the U.S. Army and Air Force participated in Misty......
Story by Master Sgt. Christopher Schepers | 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard | 12.11.2020
Over the first two weeks in December, A-10C Thunderbolt II pilots from the 104th Fighter Squadron, Maryland Air National Guard conducted close air support training with joint terminal attack controllers from their state partner country of Estonia. The training event, which took place in New Jersey and Maryland, was led by an Oklahoma Air National Guard JTAC instructor who trained the two......
Story by Staff Sgt. Caila Arahood | 165th Airlift Wing | 08.29.2019
“Anyone can use a radio, but having guys who are able to set-up and fix radios of all different frequencies and then operate them in austere conditions is just one of the many things we do best,” said Lt. Col. Timothy Scariano, commander of the 165th Air Support Operations Squadron....
Story by Staff Sgt. Melanie Bulow-Gonterman | Pacific Air Forces | 03.15.2019
The opportunity for the two TACPs from the 116th Air Support Operations Squadron, Washington Air National Guard, to execute a close air support mission on an unfamiliar range with their Thai brothers in arms, utilizing airpower from the United States, Thailand, and Singapore on a simulated battlefield....
Story by Airman 1st Class Scott Warner | 6th Air Refueling Wing | 02.12.2019
A distinct and repetitious sound rumbles through the air above Avon Park Air Force Range, Florida as a U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft violently unleashes 4,200 rounds per minute from its 30mm hydraulic rotary cannon, breathing fire upon its target....
Story by Sgt. LaShic Patterson | 2d Cavalry Regiment | 01.15.2019
VILSECK, Germany - The 2d Cavalry Regiment conducted the Joint Fires Observers Competition at the Rose Barracks in Vilseck, Germany, Jan. 9, 2019. The top two Soldiers earning the highest competition scores will garner the opportunity to represent 2CR with the 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group and Joint Terminal Attack Controllers in the close air support exercise at the Monte Real......
Story by Staff Sgt. Jimmie Pike | U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa | 06.13.2018
Saber Strike 18, began wrapping up with a large scale battle scenario involving multiple countries in Skrunda, Latvia on June 13, 2018....
Story by Staff Sgt. Jimmie Pike | U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa | 06.11.2018
While aircraft are in the sky waiting for a call, a small group of Airmen on the ground move to a vantage point and survey the battlefield. Their job is to identify targets and their locations providing pilots the means to support the friendlies on the ground....
