GRAFENWOEHR TRAINING AREA, GERMANY A helmet, vest, and gloves lay on a rock before the start of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Air-Ground Operations School’s Joint Terminal Attack Controller Qualification Course at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, March 15, 2017. Due to the aircraft dropping live ammunition, students and instructors for the course were required […]
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Loadout Room photo of the day: 146 ASOS integrates with sister services, maintains readiness during Nat’l Guard strike exercise
ALPENA, MI, UNITED STATES Senior Airman Brandon Hobbs, a member of the 146th Air Support Operations Squadron in Oklahoma City, controls air space after dismounting a Bravo Company, 4th Amphibious Assault Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve amphibious assault vehicle during a dry fire exercise at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Michigan, during […]
Loadout Room photo of the day: JTAC, A-10s train to maintain readiness
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, NV, UNITED STATES Joint terminal attack controllers wave at an A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft during a show of force on the Nevada Test and Training Range July 19, 2017. The A-10 has excellent maneuverability at low air speeds and low-altitude, and is a highly accurate weapons delivery platform. (U.S. Air […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | 227th Air Support Operations Squadron training
GILA BEND, AZ, UNITED STATES U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Wayne White (right), a member of the tactical air control party with the 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, and Senior Airmen Jason Hughes, a pararescue troop from the 306th Rescue Squadronuses look at a map of the range while communicating with a […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | Air-to-ground attacks coordinated by 320 STS, 5th ANGLICO
KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, JAPAN A U.S. Air Force combat control Airman from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron fires a 40 mm grenade launcher during a training exercise March 10, 2017, at the Irisuna Jima Training Range, Okinawa, Japan. The Airman joined a joint training exercise with U.S. Marines from the III Marine Expeditionary Force […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | Despite government shutdown, ANGLICO Marines train hard – prepare for vital JTAC role
MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, ID, UNITED STATES U.S. Marine Cpl. Daniel Soto, 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company Supporting Arms Liaison Team, works a close-air support mission the Idaho desert since Sept. 30, 2013, lays prone scanning for enemy activity at a Juniper Butte Bombing Range mock village near Mountain Home Air Force Base, […]