ALLIED STRIKE 10

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Till Schanz, 4th Air Support Operations Squadron power productions, Sullivan Barracks, Mannheim, Germany, attempts to complete an obstacle during exercise Allied Strike 10, Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 23, 2010. Allied Strike is Europe's premier close air support (CAS) exercise, held annually to conduct robust, realistic CAS training that helps build partnership capacity among allied North Atlantic Treaty Organization nations and joint services while refining the latest operational CAS tactics. For more ALLIED STRIKE information go to www.usafe.af.mil/alliedstrike.asp. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Caleb Pierce)

ALLIED STRIKE 10

A U.S. Air Force Airman attempts to complete an obstacle during exercise Allied Strike 10, Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 23, 2010. Allied Strike is Europe's premier close air support (CAS) exercise, held annually to conduct robust, realistic CAS training that helps build partnership capacity among allied North Atlantic Treaty Organization nations and joint services while refining the latest operational CAS tactics. For more ALLIED STRIKE information go to www.usafe.af.mil/alliedstrike.asp. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Caleb Pierce)

FAC2

Master Sgt. Jay Lemley, a Joint Terminal Attack Controller assigned to USAFE’s Operations Directorate Close Air Support Branch, provides feedback to Estonian Forward Air Controllers after completing day two of NATO’s Baltic Region Training Event IV Alpha near Tallinn, Estonia Tuesday. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Gino Mattorano)

FAC1

2nd Lt. Martin Vali, right, and Junior Sgt. David Mellov, both Estonian Air Force forward air controllers, participate in NATO’s Baltic Region Training Event IV Alpha near Tallinn, Estonia Tuesday. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Gino Mattorano)

Getting ready

GRAF IGNATIEVO, Bulgaria- Tech. Sgt. Michael Zucco, Senior Airman Jonathan Taylor and Senior Airman Seth Roberts, 48th Munitions Squadron, prepare a GBU-12 500 pound inert bomb, with a MAU-169 computer control group, here as a MIG-29 taxis by. The MAU-169 follows a laser to the target. A laser can either be sent from the F-15E Strike Eagle or from a servicemember on the ground. The munitions troops built the bombs for the F-15 flying simulated ground attack with the Army as part of the tri-lateral exercise Immediate Response 2006, with the U.S., Bulgarian and Romanian militaries.

IMMEDIATE RESPONSE

RAF LAKENHEATH, England -- Russian crews weigh cargo prior to loading it onto a Russian AH-124 July 11 on the RAF Lakenheath flight line. The equipment will support operations of the 492nd Fighter Squadron while deployed in support of exercise Immediate Response ’06 in Bulgaria. The purpose of this USAREUR-led trilateral exercise with the U.S. Army and Bulgarian and Romanian forces is to demonstrate the ability to rapidly deploy a tailored forward-stationed and deployed strategic reserve force. (Photos by Tech. Sgt. Sabrina Johnson)