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U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Control Party Specialists (TACP) carry a simulated casualty during combat lifesaver training at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Jan. 26, 2017. U.S. Army medics assigned to 16th Comb More

Equipment belonging to military personnel from the Latvian National Armed Forces, U.S. Army and Air Force is grounded during joint airborne training operations held at Lielvarde Air Base, Latvia, June 15. U.S. More

Members of the Marine Corps 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company joint terminal attack control team prepare an observation point outside of Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan June 27 as part of a joint live-fire e More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM State: Paktia Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MOUNTAIN Scene Camera Operator: SP More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM State: Paktia Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MOUNTAIN Scene Camera Operator: SP More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joseph Aton clears a B-1B Lancer to drop six GBU-38 munitions onto an al-Qaida in Iraq torture house and prison in northern Zambraniyah, Iraq, March 10, 2008. Aton is a Joint Termin More

Maintainers from the 81st Aircraft Maintenance Unit inspect an A-10 Thunderbolt II that just returned from providing close air support to a forward air control training mission Sept. 12, during Ramstein Rover 2 More

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 su More

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 su More

(From left) Tactical air control party member Tech. Sgt. Harvey Wagenmaker, with the 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment air liaison officer, stands with Army Sgt. 1st Class James Strickland, Army Staff Sgt. More

Senior Airman Bradley Smith poses for a photo during his Afghanistan deployment. An improvised explosive device attack mortally wounded Smith Jan. 3, 2010, in Afghanistan. Smith was assigned to the 10th Air Sup More

Tech. Sgt. Ted Hofknecht rides toward a combat outpost in eastern Afghanistan. Hofknecht, a Crossville, Tenn., native, was attached to an elite Army Green Beret unit tasked with providing foreign internal defen More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Marcus Mitchell from the 77th Wing Shaw Air Force Base drives a Jammer for the Weapons Loading competition during the 2010 Falcon Air Meet, Oct. 19, 2010, Muwaffaq Salti Air Base More

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 77th Wing Shaw Air Force Base takes off for a Close Air Support mission flight during the 2010 Falcon Air Meet, Oct. 24, 2010, Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Azraq, Jordan More

A group of Pakistan air force members watch on as Mirages get ready before a flight during the 2010 Falcon Air Meet, Oct. 25, 2010, Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Azraq, Jordan. The Falcon Air Meet is a friendly comp More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Matthew Rowley, 13th Air Support Operations Squadron, and Senior Airman Jacob Noojin gather information to direct close air support as part of the Falcon Air Meet 2010 near Azraq, Jord More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Rachel Letkiewicz from Erie Pennsylvania and a members of the 77th Wing at Shaw Air Force Base dances with members of the Pakistan Air Force, Royal Jordanian air force and United More

Two F-16 Fighting Falcons from the Royal Jordanian air force and the U.S. Air Force 77th Wing Shaw Air Force Base, an F-18 Super Hornet from the USS Harry S. Truman Aircraft Carrier and a Mirage from the Pakist More

U.S. Army Pvt. Daneille Hendrix assigned to the 982nd Combat Camera Company, documents U.S. soldiers, joint forward observers assigned to 4th Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division work out details of an Iraqi army ran More

U.S. Army Sgt. Steven Barber, Joint Forward observer, assigned to Alpha Company 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division provides grid coordinates of targets over the radio to at More

U.S. soldiers maneuver an AH-64 Apache Longbow across the desert of the Besmaya Range in Forward Operating Base Hammer, Iraq, Nov. 18. U.S. soldiers and airmen of Joint Forward Observers, assigned to 4th Advise More

An AH-64 Apache Longbow moves across the desert of Besmaya Range, Forward Operating Base Hammer, Iraq, Nov. 18. Joint forward observers, assigned to 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division performe More

This is for whom we fight! Dedicated to all the men who bravely served at Bala Murghab. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Kevin Wallace/RELEASED)

Members of a U.S. Army task force secure the surrounding area of a dirt landing zone in the Zabul province of Afghanistan as Airmen from the 807th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, Forward Operatin More

Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Oliver, a joint terminal attack controller assigned to Bagram Air Field’s 817th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, communicates with an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot while watching More

A Joint Terminal Attack Controller with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command looks through a SOF Laser Marker to provide a laser mark on a target for supporting aircraft during Carrier Airwing T More

U.S. Army Pfc. Aaron S. Mauk, a designated marksman assigned to the personal security detail, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Warrior r More

Air Force Master Sgt. Jotham Baumer, a joint tactical air controller instructor with the Bullseye Team at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, meets with Polish Operational Mentor and More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Nick Brooks, an aerial combat broadcaster with the 1st Combat Camera Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., documents Tactical Air Control Party members with the 3rd Air Support Op More

Two F-15 Strike Eagles with the 335th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., pull alongside a KC-135 Stratotanker after refueling during during Green Flag-West 11-08, June 20. Conducted by the More

Over 45 Tactical Air Control Party and Army National Guard Airborne service members jump from a Peoria, Ill., C-130 at the drop zone, July 18, 2011, Fort McCoy, Wis. The jumpers will be making jumps throughout More

Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company watch an explosion here July 21. A detachment of Marines and sailors from the company performed close-air support training in preparation for their upcoming de More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Donald Urqhart, 5th Air Support Operations Squadron joint terminal attack controller, from Fort Lewis, Wash., takes cover behind a building while calling for a simulated air strike on More

An F/A-18C belonging to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (All-Weather) 225 sits on the flight line here. The squadron used this aircraft during training at Avon Park Air Force Range, Aug. 1 through 26.

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II with the U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., provides close air support during a training mission Sept. 23, 2011, over the Nevada Test and Training R More

A U.S. Air Force airman, 820th RED HORSE Squadron airborne flight, parachute into a drop zone from a C-130 Hercules during a training mission Oct. 4, 2011, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. RED HORSE and 6 Combat More

Left, U.S. Army 1st Lt. Andrew Adams, 1st platoon leader of Bravo Troop, 238th Cavalry, 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Dickey, Joint Terminal Attack Controller, sca More

From left, U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Davis Fredregill, a tactical air control party radio operator, maintainer and driver, rest his head on Senior Airman Justin Perran, a Joint Terminal Attack Controller, a More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jorge Henry and his wife, Holly, embrace at the Honolulu International Airport upon his return from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan Oct. 31. Henry is a Joint Terminal Attack C More

U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Control Party Specialists prepare to provide close air support during Southern Strike 2020, at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss., Feb. 3, 2020. Southern Strike is a lar More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jacob Torgerson, 116th Air Support Operations Squadron joint terminal attack controller, calibrates his equipment prior to the start of the exercise at the Barry M. Goldwater Range Com More

Lt. Col. Chris Beckman, lead aircraft, and Maj. Jeremiah Gentry, both A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots from the 188th Fighter Wing, Fort Smith Air National Guard maneuvers in formation, June 4, 2012, over the Ouachit More

An U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 25th Fighter Squadron, Osan Air Force Base, Republic of Korea, flies overhead as a show of force while conducting a close air support training mission at the Joint More

Sergeant Levi J. Slife, a joint terminal air controller, gives a class on reads a map in preparation of calling close-air support at Afghanistan 2010. The JTAC is the chief designator of artillery or close-air More

Staff Sgt. Brian Aguigui assigned to the 116th Air Support Operations Squadron at Camp Murray, Washington from hometown Ewa Beach, Hawaii, prepares his radio for secure operations during Exercise Northern Strik More

Warrant Officer Shawn Walker assigned to the Royal Canadian Artillery School from Oromocto, New Brunswick, coordinates with the Black Hawk helicopter about providing machine gun support during Exercise Northern More

Staff Sgt. Richard Campbell a joint fires observers with Charlie Company 2nd Squadron, 152nd Regiment, Indiana National Guard, provides navigation instruction with his GPS device to Staff Sgt. Brian Aguigui, as More

Staff Sgt. Richard Campbell a joint fires observers with Charlie Company 2nd Squadron, 152nd Regiment, Indiana National Guard, radios up an artillery request on target coordinates while in an observation point, More

Master Sgt. Steve Salander, a joint terminal attack controller with the 169th Air Support Operations Squadron, Peoria, Ill., Illinois Air National Guard from Washington, Ill., receiving his mission evaluation f More

Staff Sgt. Richard Campbell, a joint fires observer with Charlie Company 2nd Squadron, 152nd Regiment, Indiana National Guard, works on grid coordinates for targets for artillery during Exercise Northern Strike More

Tactical Air Control Party sets up operations on an observation point during Exercise Northern Strike 2012 at Grayling Air Gunnery Range, Mich.

Staff Sgt. Richard Campbell a joint fires observer with Charlie Company, 2nd Squadron, 152nd Regiment, Indiana National Guard, walks in a tactical formation to an observation point during a close air support ev More

Capt. Elias Donker assigned to Wolf Operations Group, Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Ind. National Guard has tactical air control party airmen practice movements during a combative training class to during More

Staff Sgt. Brian Aguigui (right) assigned to the 116th Air Support Operations Squadron at Camp Murray, Wash., practices holding techniques with Senior Airman Austin Schmitz (left) assigned to the 124th Air Supp More

Capt. Elias Donker assigned to Wolf Operations Group, Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Indiana National Guard has tactical air control party airmen practice movements during a combative training class to duri More

Tactical air control party airmen practice close quaters drills with a suited up aggressor during a training class to help gain the realism of a hostile situation during Exercise Northern Strike 2012 at Graylin More

Tactical air control party airmen from the 116th Air Support Operations Squadron Camp Murray, Wash., find an advantage point to spot targets to control a close air support mission during Exercise Northern Strik More

Master Sgt. Chuck Barth assigned to the 169th Air Support Operations Squadron, Peoria, Ill., sits at the pilot station to control the simulated aircraft for a simulated close air support mission as Sgt. 1st Cla More

New Zealand Army Staff Sgt. Kamal Singh uses a radio to communicate target information to a U.S. Marine UH-1Y Venom and a AH-1W Super Cobra from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169 (HMLA-169) during a More

U.S. Air Force joint terminal attack controllers from the 227th Air Support Operations Squadron, 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, are briefed on safety procedures by a soldier from the 1-150th More

Capt. James Schmidt, 81st Fighter Squadron A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot, left, shows digital systems used to pursue targets to U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Benjamin Bower, Joint Multinational Readiness Center More

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Drew Parks, Joint Terminal Attack Controller, 82nd Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, communicates with a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet, Sept. 11, 2012, Southwest Asia. JTAC's More

Maintainers from the 81st Aircraft Maintenance Unit inspect an A-10 Thunderbolt II that just returned from providing close air support to a forward air control training mission Sept. 12, during Ramstein Rover 2 More

The U.S. Air Force Weapons School proudly graduated the first Joint Terminal Attack Controllers Advanced Instructor Course cadre, Dec 15. These warriors are expert instructors for the full spectrum of terminal More

Soldiers from the 7-101st GSAB, 159th CAB, 101st Airborne Division and Airmen from 19th ASOS, Fort Campbell, Ky., conduct joint Medevac training at Fort Knox, Ky. This training served to sharpen the skills of t More

Tech. Sgt. Francisco Corona, 6th Combat Training Squadron Tactical Air Control Party, and Staff Sgt. David Dunn, 321st Special Tactics Squadron combat controller, check the frequency on their radios during the More

British Flight Lt. Anton Flexer, Royal Air Force Regiment Air-Land Integration Cell Tactical Air Control Party Four member, squints while searching the sky for an F-15E Strike Eagle, Feb. 28, 2013, at Mountain More

Lance Cpl. Vincent Woods, a Raleigh, N.C., native and field radio operator with Transportation Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, calls for fire support at the Supporting More

Don Kingrey, a pilot with Air USA, a private contractor company which provides aviation training support for the military, prepares to take off on a flight in support of joint terminal attack control training f More

A Cobra gunship flies over a training range at Twentynine Palms, Calif., during a training exercise conducted by Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, May 18, 2013. The battalion's Tactical More

A 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit Maritime Raid Force Marine finds target locations on a map prior to conducting a joint terminal attack control training exercise at an observation post in Djibouti, Africa, May More

Capt. Marcus Yasumatsu, a forward air controller and Marine Aircraft Group 12 current assistant operations officer, reviews operations with Philippine Air Force Sgt. John E. Jonson, joint terminal attack contro More

A 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Maritime Raid Force Marine calls in close air support during nighttime joint terminal attack control training with a UH-1N Huey and an AH-1W Super Cobra assigned to Marine More

A U.S. Marine with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167 (HMLA-167) scans the route ahead of 4th Platoon, Transportation Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 2 (CLR-2) in Helmand province, Afghanist More

An HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron takes off from Bagram Air Field, June 22, 2013. Recently an HH-60 and two 74th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron A-10C Thunderbolt a More

Staff Sgt. Alexander Hardy, 604th Air Support Operations Squadron joint terminal attack controller, calls in a target to an A-10 Thunderbolt pilot during live close air support training at Rodriguez Range, Repu More

Joint tactical air controllers from the 182d Air Support Operations Group get escorted to a C-130 Hercules at 182nd Airlift Wing, Peoria, Ill., Aug. 1, 2013. The 182nd ASOG is participating in Exercise Northern More

Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Trisilla of the 182nd Air Support Operations Group, Peoria, Ill., briefs all the participates during Exercise Northern Strike 2013 about operations taking place at Grayling Air Gunnery More

Staff Sgt. Daniel Benedict spots possible close air support targets with Master Sgt. Chuck Barth, both from the 182nd Air Support Operations Group, Peoria, Ill., on Observation Point Charlie during Exercise Nor More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Chuck L. Barth, a tactical air control party specialist with the 182nd Air Support Operations Group, checks a training bundle from an airdrop with a C-130 Hercules at Grayling Gunnery More

Training ordnance from an F-15E Strike Eagle hits its target during joint terminal attack controller training at the Dare County Bomb Range in Stumpy Point, N.C., Aug. 26, 2013. Members of the 336th Fighter Sq More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kane Lawlor (left), and Airman 1st Class Joshua Darins (right) scout out an insertion zone while riding in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from the New Jersey Army National Guard's 1-150 More

Marines from 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force, discuss the plan for the munitions drop while observing the target from an operations tower Sept. 11. The exercise is an annual More

In addition to the F-15E and F-15SG Strike Eagles assigned here, multiple EA-18G Growlers, F-15C Eagles, AG-51 Tornados, F-16 Falcons, A-10 Thunderbolt II, F-18 Hornets, AV-8B Harriers, KC-135 Stratotankers, KC More

A 726th Air Control Squadron Airman from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, inspects his truck during a convoy halt in the Idaho desert roughly 75 miles from base Oct. 4, 2013. The 726th ACS convoy served as More

U.S. Marine Capt. Erich Lloyd, 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company forward air controller deployed from Camp Pendleton, Calif., directs team movements during an exercise urban combat scenario during exercise More

U.S. Marine Capt. Erich Lloyd, 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company Supporting Arms Liaison Team Delta forward air controller, directs close-air support as SALT-D member Cpl. Andrew Dimauro uses an infrared po More

A U.S. Marine from the 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company Supporting Arms Liaison Team, who has been training in the Idaho desert since Sept. 30, 2013, lays prone scanning for enemy activity at a Juniper But More

A German Air Force AG-51 Tornado flies over the runway at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, as another Tornado and Luftwaffe Jamkite taxi toward their parking spots, Oct. 10, 2013, during exercise Mountain R More

A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier streaks low over a fictitious village as a show of force to enemy insurgents engaging U.S. Marines on the ground, during exercise Mountain Roundup 2013, at Saylor Creek bombing More

Senior Airman Justin Tamayo, 82nd Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron Tactical Air Control Party airman, monitors incoming combat aircraft during a joint live-fire exercise Oct. 23, 2013, at a regiona More

U.S. Air Force airmen from the 227th Air Support Operations Squadron pull Santa, Mrs. Claus and their helper's Humvee sleigh to the holiday party at the 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard in Egg More

Master Sgt. Robert Alvarado, 41st Rescue Squadron special missions aviator, sits upside down in a pool, Jan. 25, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Aircrew members participated in an underwater survival course More

An Airman attempts to ditch his gear while underwater during a water survival assessment, Feb. 9, 2018, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The assessment is part of a three-day ranger assessment that’s designed to de More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jaime Torres, a tactical air control party airman from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing, uses a radio to converse with pilots in order to coordinate an air str More

Hurlburt Field is a U.S. Air Force installation located in Okaloosa County, Florida, immediately west of the town of Mary Esther. It is part of the greater Eglin Air Force Base reservation and is home to Headqu More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Scott McPhee, 181st Intelligence Wing, 113th Air Support Operations Squadron, observes Tech. Sgt. Stephen Walker, 122nd Fighter Wing, 122nd Security Forces Squadron performing weapons More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Jack Fine (left) and Senior Airman Sergio Barcena-Turner, both assigned to the 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, simulate a patrol at Sixmile Lake, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alask More

Aerial view of Tactical Air Control Center being used for Marine Expeditionary Force Exercise (MEFEX) on Osan Air Force Base, South Korea, March 15, 2014. MEFEX will enhance the interoperability between the U.S More

Aerial view of Tactical Air Control Center being used for Marine Expeditionary Force Exercise (MEFEX) 2014 at 1st Republic of Korea Marine Corps Base, Pohang, South Korea, March 17, 2014. MEFEX will enhance the More