Green Flag East 13-03

Airman 1st Class Michael Agemy, 19th Air Support Operations Squadron, Ft. Campbell, Ky., and Staff Sgt. Michael McAndrew, 9th Air Support Operations Squadron, Ft. Hood, Texas, assess their current location during Green Flag East 13-03 in Leesville, La., Jan. 21. Six Joint Terminal Air Controllers made up a Tactical Air Control Party and interacted with F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots, from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., who provided close air support and the ability to take out any systems or adversaries trying to prevent the movement of the TACP. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amber Ashcraft)

Green Flag East 13-03

Tech. Sgt. Thomas Jenn, 19th Air Support Operations Squadron, Ft. Campbell, Ky., uses a handheld device to view what the F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot flying overhead sees on the ground during Green Flag East 13-03 in Leesville, La., Jan. 21. Six Joint Terminal Air Controllers participated in the exercise as a Tactical Air Control Party assisting F-16s from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amber Ashcraft)

Green Flag East 13-03

Staff Sgt. Michael McAndrew, 9th Air Support Operations Squadron, Ft. Hood, Texas, runs for cover as his fellow Joint Terminal Air Controllers follow during Green Flag East 13-03 in Leesville, La., Jan. 21. The JTACs made up a Tactical Air Control Party and interacted with F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots, from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., who provided close air support and the ability to take out any systems or adversaries trying to prevent the movement of the TACP. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amber Ashcraft)

Green Flag East 13-03

Senior Airman Allen Westfall, 7th Air Support Operations Squadron, Ft. Bliss, Texas, determines coordinates of their location as Staff Sgt. Michael McAndrew, 9 ASOS, Ft. Hood, Texas, speaks over radio with the pilot in an F-16 Fighting Falcon flying overhead in Leesville, La., Jan. 21. The two Joint Terminal Air Controllers, along with four other JTAC, participated in Green Flag East 13-03 as a Tactical Air Control Party assisting F-16s from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amber Ashcraft)

Green Flag East 13-03

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., prepares to land on the flightline at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 17. Barksdale hosted the F-16s, aircrew and maintenance Airmen from Shaw for the exercise Green Flag East 13-03. The exercise is held in Leesville, La., and is typically used to prepare fighter squadrons for close air support missions down range. However, this particular iteration of GFE made history by using real-world threat surface to air missile systems along with ground and air support. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amber Ashcraft)

Green Flag East 13-03

Staff Sgt. Matthew Quick, 20th Maintenance Aircraft Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., marshals in an F-16 Fighting Falcon at the flightline on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 17. Barksdale hosted the F-16s, aircrew and maintenance Airmen from Shaw for the exercise Green Flag East 13-03. The exercise is held in Leesville, La., and is typically used to prepare fighter squadrons for close air support missions down range. However, this particular iteration of GFE made history by using real-world threat surface to air missile systems along with ground and air support. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amber Ashcraft)