U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Tyler Trocano, left, calls in an airdrop from a C-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to the 182nd Airlift Wing, Illinois Air National Guard as Tech. Sgt. Matthew Spittler assists during Operation Northern Strike 2014 Aug. 11, 2014, near Grayling, Mich. The Airmen were joint terminal attack controllers with the 148th Air Support Operations Squadron, Pennsylvania Air National Guard.
Northern Strike is an Air National Guard-sponsored training exercise emphasizing air-to-ground operations intended to prepare personnel to conduct direct combat operations. (DoD photo by Master Sgt. Scott Thompson, U.S. Air National Guard/Released). Original public domain image from Flickr