Keywords: air force airforce usaf peoria illinois ang air national guard airnationalguard national guard nationalguard ilang ngb northern strike northernstrike mins2014 crtc alpena grayling calfex joint multinational nato coalition exercise tacp jtac romad spec ops specops special operations specialoperations asos 169 combat training air power airpower night air support airsupport il usa black background U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Thomas Vamvakos, a tactical air control party specialist with the 169th Air Support Operations Squadron, makes preparations to call in air support on the Grayling Air Gunnery Range during evening operations at Operation Northern Strike in Grayling, Mich., Aug. 13, 2014. Northern Strike was a 3-week-long exercise led by the National Guard that demonstrated the combined power of joint and multinational air and ground forces. TACPs with the Air National Guard’s 169th ASOS from Peoria, Ill., and more than 5,000 other armed forces members from 12 states and two coalition nations participated in the combat training. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Lealan Buehrer/Released) U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Thomas Vamvakos, a tactical air control party specialist with the 169th Air Support Operations Squadron, makes preparations to call in air support on the Grayling Air Gunnery Range during evening operations at Operation Northern Strike in Grayling, Mich., Aug. 13, 2014. Northern Strike was a 3-week-long exercise led by the National Guard that demonstrated the combined power of joint and multinational air and ground forces. TACPs with the Air National Guard’s 169th ASOS from Peoria, Ill., and more than 5,000 other armed forces members from 12 states and two coalition nations participated in the combat training. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Lealan Buehrer/Released) |