Close-air-support exercise tests Atlantic Strike participants
A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, depart in support of Exercise Atlantic Strike VI Nov. 7 from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., for Avon Park, Fla. Atlantic Strike is a U.S. Central Command Air Forces exercise focused on joint terminal attack controllers and urban close-air-support operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Stephenie Wade)