Airman provides direct air support for Army battlespace
Summary
Senior Airman Andrew Young takes a break on a June day in Albu Ghrar, Iraq, after coordinating air surveillance with an F-16 Fighting Falcon. The 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, captured three suspected terrorists while searching for a high-value individual in the village that day. Young, a joint terminal attack controller embedded with the 2-320th, coordinates close air support missions daily to protect Soldiers and Airmen working in and around Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Young, a native of State College, Pa., is deployed to the 1st Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron from Fort Hood, Texas.
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jtac
air force
airman
battlefield airman
air controller
senior airman thomas trower
332 d air expeditionary wing
albu ghrar
iraq
airman provides direct air support for army battlespace
dvids
high resolution
military
fort hood
iraq war 2003 2011
Date
23/09/2008
Location
Al-Bakr Air Base
,
33.94728, 44.37108
Source
Defense Visual Information Distribution Service
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