Army Air Force

Platoon Leaders Sgt. Travis Young, Staff Sgt. Steve Majors, Joint Terminal Attack Controller Airman 1st Class Bobby Olsen and Platoon Leader Staff Sgt. Jason McCullough prepare for a mission in the Avon Park Air Ground Training Complex in Avon Park, Fla. during exercise Atlantic Strike VI, a U.S. Central Command Air Forces-sponsored training event designed to improve air-ground coordination during urban close air support operations. The Soldiers are part of the 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division from Fort Carson, Colo., while Airman Olsen is from the 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron in Fort Wainwright, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force Photo By Airman 1st Class Stephenie Wade)

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Flares

Airman 1st Class Daryl Cooper, a Tactical Air Control Party member from the 19th Air Support Operations Squadron in Fort Campbell, Kentucky launches a multiple flare launcher simulating a rocket attack against an advancing Army platoon in the Avon Park Air Ground Training Complex in Avon Park, Fla. The training scenario is part of exercise Atlantic Strike VI, a U.S. Central Command Air Forces-sponsored training event designed to improve air-ground coordination during urban close air support operations.

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Preparing the Ambush

Airman 1st Class John Marcum, a Tactical Air Control Party Member with the 19th Air Support Operations Squadron at Fort Campbell, KY, prepares a flare launcher used to simulate heavy machine gun fire during Atlantic Strike VI in the Avon Park Military Training Complex in Avon Park, Fla. Airman Marcum and his team rig ground-based pyrotechnics used to add realism and feedback to aircrews and Joint Terminal Attack Controllers during urban close air support operations.

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Atlantic Strike VI continues

Published Nov. 8, 2007

Army Air Force

Flares

Preparing the Ambush