Southern Strike 17
Staff Sgt. Kareem Spearman and Tech. Sgt. Jaime Bustamante, both 102nd Rescue Squadron loadmasters, watch as a UH-60 Pave Hawk refuels during an air refueling training scenario over the Gulf Coast of Mississippi during exercise Southern Strike 17, Oct. 31, 2016. Southern Strike is a total force, multi-service training exercise hosted by the Mississippi Air National Guard’s Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Miss., and took place from from Oct. 24 through Nov. 4. The exercise emphasized air-to-air, air-to-ground and special operations forces training opportunities. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Michael Battles)