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Coalition forces strengthen close air support capabilities

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason Waters, 82nd Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron joint terminal attack controller, fires an M-4 carbine at Udairi Range, Kuwait, Oct. 21, 2021. U.S. Air Force joint terminal attack controllers deployed to the 82nd Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, along with the U.S. Army 1st Battalion 194th Armor Regiment joint fires observers in-training, and the Italian air force (Aeronautica Militare) Task Group Typhoon practiced close air support, fostered enduring partnerships and advanced its decisive combat dominance during a live-fire training exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Brooks)
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Coalition forces strengthen close air support capabilities

Italian air force (Aeronautica Militare) Eurofighter Typhoon deploys chaff and flares countermeasures above Udairi Range, Kuwait, Oct. 21, 2021. USAF JTACs deployed to the 82nd EASOS, along with the U.S. Army 1st Battalion 194th Armor Regiment joint fires observers in-training, and the ITAF Task Group Typhoon practiced close air support, fostered enduring partnerships and advanced its decisive combat dominance during a live-fire training exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Brooks)
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Coalition forces strengthen close air support capabilities

Italian air force (Aeronautica Militare) Eurofighter Typhoon flies above Udairi Range, Kuwait, Oct. 21, 2021. USAF JTACs deployed to the 82nd EASOS, along with the U.S. Army 1st Battalion 194th Armor Regiment joint fires observers in-training, and the ITAF Task Group Typhoon practiced close air support, fostered enduring partnerships and advanced its decisive combat dominance during a live-fire training exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Brooks)
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Coalition forces strengthen close air support capabilities

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason Waters, 82nd Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron joint terminal attack controller, fires tracers downrange at Udairi Range, Kuwait, Oct. 21, 2021. USAF JTACs deployed to the 82nd EASOS, along with the U.S. Army 1st Battalion 194th Armor Regiment joint fires observers in-training, and the Italian air force (Aeronautica Militare) Task Group Typhoon practiced close air support, fostered enduring partnerships and advanced its decisive combat dominance during a live-fire training exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Brooks)
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Coalition forces strengthen close air support capabilities

U.S. joint troops call in and observe close air support at Udairi Range, Kuwait, Oct. 21, 2021. U.S. Air Force joint terminal attack controllers deployed to the 82nd Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, along with the U.S. Army 1st Battalion 194th Armor Regiment joint fires observers in-training, and the Italian air force (Aeronautica Militare) Task Group Typhoon practiced close air support, fostered enduring partnerships and advanced its decisive combat dominance during a live-fire training exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Brooks)
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Coalition forces strengthen close air support capabilities

U.S. joint service members prepare to fire tracers downrange to mark targets for their Eurofighter Typhoon counterparts at Udairi Range, Kuwait, Oct. 21, 2021. U.S. Air Force joint terminal attack controllers deployed to the 82nd Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, along with the U.S. Army 1st Battalion 194th Armor Regiment joint fires observers in-training, and the Italian air force (Aeronautica Militare) Task Group Typhoon practiced close air support, fostered enduring partnerships and advanced its decisive combat dominance during a live-fire training exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Brooks)
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Coalition forces strengthen close air support capabilities

A U.S. Army 1st Battalion 194th Armor Regiment forward observer monitors an airstrike downrange at Udairi Range, Kuwait, Oct. 21, 2021. U.S. Air Force joint terminal attack controllers deployed to the 82nd Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron, along with the U.S. Army 1-194 AR joint fires observers in-training, and the Italian air force (Aeronautica Militare) Task Group Typhoon practiced close air support, fostered enduring partnerships and advanced its decisive combat dominance during a live-fire training exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Brooks)
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Coalition forces strengthen close air support capabilities

U.S. Air Force joint terminal attack controllers assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron watch Eurofighter Typhoons in the sky over Udairi Range, Kuwait, Oct. 21, 2021. USAF JTACs deployed to the 82nd EASOS, along with the U.S. Army 1st Battalion 194th Armor Regiment joint fires observers in-training, and the Italian air force (Aeronautica Militare) Task Group Typhoon practiced close air support, fostered enduring partnerships and advanced its decisive combat dominance during a live-fire training exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Brooks)
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Coalition forces strengthen close air support capabilities

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason Waters, 82nd Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron joint terminal attack controller, reviews coordinates on a topographical map at Udairi Range, Kuwait, Oct. 21, 2021. USAF JTACs deployed to the 82nd EASOS, along with the U.S. Army 1st Battalion 194th Armor Regiment joint fires observers in-training, and the Italian air force (Aeronautica Militare) Task Group Typhoon practiced close air support, fostered enduring partnerships and advanced its decisive combat dominance during a live-fire training exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Brooks)
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386th EAMXS Airmen maintain, launch and recover Reapers

Airman 1st class Klowie Silipena, 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron avionics technician, prepares to remove a panel from an MQ-9 Reaper on the flightline at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, June 9, 2020. Airmen from the 386th EAMXS are responsible for maintaining the airframe and ensuring the remotely piloted aircraft remains ready to complete its close air support and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Isaiah J. Soliz)
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386th EAMXS Airmen maintain, launch and recover Reapers

An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle sits on the runway at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait June 10, 2020. Airman from the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, other known as ‘White AMU,’ maintain and prepare and recover the MQ-9’s before and after every launch ensuring optimal mission success. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Alexandre Montes)
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1000 hours: Team Effort Earns Historical Veterans Day Achievement

Senior Airman Cameron, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing F-22 Raptor Maintainer, marshals an F-22 Raptor at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Nov. 14, 2016. Cameron was a part of the team that launched Brig. Gen. Charles Corcoran – who reached 1000 successful flying hours as an F-22 pilot – on Veterans Day, 2016. The F-22s in support of Operation Inherent Resolve have participated in approximately 10% of all deliberate strikes in to the dismantling of Da’esh in Mosul, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tyler Woodward)
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1000 hours: Team Effort Earns Historical Veterans Day Achievement

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor separates from a KC-10 Extender after refueling over an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Oct. 26, 2016. The F-22s are providing strategic close air support with several other Coalition airframes working to liberate the city of Mosul, Iraq and have also performed approximately half (51%) of all escort missions in Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tyler Woodward)
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1000 hours: Team Effort Earns Historical Veterans Day Achievement

Brig. Gen. Charles Corcoran, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Commander and F-22 Raptor fighter pilot prepares his flight suit equipment before flying a mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Nov. 11, 2016. F-22s and other Coalition aircraft have created insurmountably complex problems for Da’esh – specifically by preparing the battlespace for Coalition ground forces – during the liberation of Mosul, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tyler Woodward)
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1000 hours: Team Effort Earns Historical Veterans Day Achievement

Brig. Gen. Charles Corcoran, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Commander and F-22 Raptor pilot, laughs as he is congratulated for successfully completing 1000 flight hours in the F-22 at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Nov. 11, 2016. Corcoran is one of 15 F-22 pilots to reach the 1000-flying-hour milestone. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tyler Woodward)
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1000 hours: Team Effort Earns Historical Veterans Day Achievement

Brig. Gen. Charles Corcoran, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Commander and F-22 Raptor pilot, taxis across a flight line after successfully completing 1000 flight hours in the F-22 at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Nov. 11, 2016. F-22’s have conducted more than 700 sorties in support Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tyler Woodward)
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1000 hours: Team Effort Earns Historical Veterans Day Achievement

Aircrew Flight Equipment technician Airman 1st Class Kristen, a member of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, places a high performance helmet in an F-22 pilot’s locker at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Nov. 11, 2016. “I maintain equipment like anti-gravity suits that enhance the pilots’ performance as well as survival vests that contain components such as recovery radios which help the pilot survive in a situation when they are to be rescued,” Kristen said. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tyler Woodward)
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1000 hours: Team Effort Earns Historical Veterans Day Achievement

Aircrew Flight Equipment technician Airman 1st Class Kristen, a member of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, prepares a high performance helmet for a pilot at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Nov. 11, 2016. “Since Aircrew Flight Equipment directly supports the Pilots and the F-22 aircraft safety features we directly tie into the mission of enabling the F-22's expeditionary war fighting capability,” Kristen said. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tyler Woodward)
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1000 hours: Team Effort Earns Historical Veterans Day Achievement

After completing a sortie in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, an F-22 Raptor taxis across a runway at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Nov. 11, 2016. OIR has been the most precise air campaign in the history of warfare. Ninety-nine percent of all munitions expended are precision-guided. The F-22s have provided more than 650 missions hours in support of the liberation of Mosul, Iraq.
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USAF, RAAF accelerate fight against Da’esh

A U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender boom operator prepares for a refueling sequence with a Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 Hornet from an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Oct. 24, 2016. KC-10 boom operators sit in the rear of the air craft to operate the boom and communicate with recieving aircraft. The aircraft has the capability of delivering fuel at 1,100 gallons per minute providing refueling support to several coalition airframes working to liberate the city of Mosul, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tyler Woodward)
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