Allied Strike 2011

Allied Strike obstacle course participants perform a walkthrough to familiarize themselves with the course at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, June 23, 2011. Allied Strike is Europe’s premier Close Air Support exercise, held annually to conduct robust, realistic CAS training that helps build partnership capacity among Allied NATO nations and refine the latest operational CAS tactics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Desiree W. Esposito)

Allied Strike 2011

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Christopher Dunn, 4th Air Support Operations Group safety Officer in Charge, escorts U.S and NATO Allied Strike participants through the obstacle course at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, June 23, 2011. Allied Strike is Europe’s premier Close Air Support exercise, held annually to conduct robust, realistic CAS training that helps build partnership capacity among Allied NATO nations and refine the latest operational CAS tactics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Desiree W. Esposito)

Allied Strike 2011

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brandi Lorenzen, a weather forecaster with Detachment 3 of the 7th Weather Squadron, participates in hands-on training for a tactical metrological observation system in support of Allied Strike 2011 at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, June 24, 2011. Allied Strike is Europe’s premier Close Air Support exercise, held annually to conduct robust, realistic CAS training that helps build partnership capacity among Allied NATO nations and refine the latest operational CAS tactics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Desiree W. Esposito)

Allied Strike 2011

Personnel from the 7th Weather Squadron assemble a tactical metrological observation system during Allied Strike 2011 at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, June 24, 2011. Allied Strike is Europe’s premier Close Air Support exercise, held annually to conduct robust, realistic CAS training that helps build partnership capacity among Allied NATO nations and refine the latest operational CAS tactics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Desiree W. Esposito)

Allied Strike 2011

Slovenian army personnel prepare for a static display of their tactical reconnaissance equipment before the opening ceremony for Allied Strike 2011 at Grafenwoher Training Area, Germany, June 22, 2011. Allied Strike is Europe's premier Close Air Support exercise, held annually to conduct robust, realistic CAS training that helps build partnership capacity among Allied NATO nations and refine the latest operational CAS tactics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Desiree W. Esposito)

Chaplain support

GRAFENWOEHR, Germany -- Chap. (Maj) Mike Curtis, a chaplain with the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing at Ramstein Air Base, visits with Capt. Dan Jansons, a Joint Terminal Attack Controller with the Latvian Armed Forces, June 22, 2011, in Grafenwoehr, Germany. Chaplain Curtis and Captain Jansons are here for Allied Strike 2011, Europe's annual premier close air support exercise, which focuses on conducting robust, realistic CAS training. The exercise also helps build partnership capacity among allied NATO nations and refine the latest operational CAS tactics. (Photo by Capt. Andrew Berrigan, 1st Air Support Operations Squadron)