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240821-F-DL828-8025

Staff Sgt. Samir Almonte, a crew chief assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, and Cpl. Antonio Salazar, a plane captain assigned to VMFA-311, Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, California. conducts pre-flight checks before take-off during Operation Northern Cactus, a joint training exercise at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), Michigan, August 21, 2024. Northern Cactus is an annual training event that takes members of the 149th Fighter Wing, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to an austere environment to participate in a simulated deployment exercise. (Air National Guard photo by Tech Sgt. Derek Davis)

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240821-F-DL828-8979

Maj. Matthew Morris, an F-16 Fighting Falcon Instructor Pilot, assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, conducts pre-flight cheks before take-off during Operation Northern Cactus at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), Mich., August 21, 2024. Northern Cactus is a joint training exercise that takes members of the 149th Fighter Wing, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to an austere environment to participate in a simulated deployment exercise. (Air National Guard photo by Tech Sgt. Derek Davis)

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240821-F-DL828-1519

Maj. Kirk Devine, an F-16 Fighting Falcon Instructor Pilot, and 1st Sgt. Jonathan Fior, the 149th Operations Group 1st Sgt, assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, conducts a show of force during an incentive ride at Operation Northern Cactus at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), Michigan, August 21, 2024. Northern Cactus is an joint training exercise that takes members of the 149th Fighter Wing, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to an austere environment to participate in an simulated deployment exercise. (Air National Guard photo by Tech Sgt. Derek Davis)

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240821-F-DL828-2057

Maj. Kirk Devine, an F-16 Fighting Falcon Instructor Pilot, and 1st Sgt. Jonathan Fior, 149th Operations Group, assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, conducts pre-flight checks prior to launch during an incentive ride at Operation Northern Cactus at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), Michigan, August 21, 2024. Northern Cactus is a joint training exercise that takes members of the 149th Fighter Wing, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to an austere environment to participate in a simulated deployment exercise. (Air National Guard photo by Tech Sgt. Derek Davis)

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240821-F-DL828-8355

Maj. Matthew Morris, an F-16 Fighting Falcon Instructor Pilot and Tech. Sgt. Johnathan Gutierrez, an electronics and environmental specialist assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, conducts a show of force during an incentive ride at Operation Northern Cactus at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), Michigan, August 21, 2024. (Air National Guard photo by Tech Sgt. Derek Davis)

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Operation Northern Cactus

Staff Sgt. Samir Almonte, a crew chief assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, and Cpl. Antonio Salazar, a plane captain assigned to VMFA-311, Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, California, conducts pre-flight checks before take-off during Operation Northern Cactus a joint training exercise at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), Michigan, August 21, 2024. Northern Cactus is an annual training event that takes members of the 149th Fighter Wing, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to an austere environment to participate in a simulated deployment exercise. (Air National Guard photo by Tech Sgt. Derek Davis)

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240820-Z-DL828-1018

Maj. Richard Greer, an F-16 Fighting Falcon Instructor Pilot assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, conducts a show of force during Operation Northern Cactus at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), Michigan, August 20, 2024. Northern Cactus is a joint training exercise that takes members of the 149th Fighter Wing, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to an austere environment to participate in a simulated deployment exercise. (Air National Guard photo by Tech Sgt. Derek Davis)

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240820-Z-DL828-1332

Maj. Zachary Nordahl, an F-16 Fighting Falcon Instructor Pilot assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guar, conducts a pre-flight inspection prior to take off during Operation Northern Cactus at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), Michigan, Aug. 20, 2024. Northern Cactus is an joint training exercise that takes members of the 149th Fighter Wing, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to an austere environment to participate in an simulated deployment exercise. (Air National Guard photo by Tech Sgt. Derek Davis)

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240820-Z-DL828-1332

Maj. Zachary Nordahl, an F-16 Fighting Falcon Instructor Pilot assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guar, conducts a pre-flight inspection prior to take off during Operation Northern Cactus at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), Michigan, Aug. 20, 2024. Northern Cactus is an joint training exercise that takes members of the 149th Fighter Wing, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to an austere environment to participate in an simulated deployment exercise. (Air National Guard photo by Tech Sgt. Derek Davis)

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240820-Z-DL828-1383

Maj. Dustin Cochin, an F-16 Fighting Falcon Instructor Pilot assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, conducts a pre-flight inspection prior to take off during Operation Northern Cactus at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), Michigan, Aug. 20, 2024. Northern Cactus is a joint training exercise that takes members of the 149th Fighter Wing, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to an austere environment to participate in a simulated deployment exercise. (Air National Guard photo by Tech Sgt. Derek Davis)

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240819-Z-DL828-1430

Staff Sgt. Timothy Sanders, a Crew Chief assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, conducts post flight maintenance during Operation Northern Cactus a joint training exercise at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), Michigan, Aug. 19, 2024. Northern Cactus is an annual training event that takes members of the 149th Fighter Wing, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to an austere environment to participate in a simulated deployment exercise. (Air National Guard photo by Tech Sgt. Derek Davis)

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240819-Z-DL828-1553

Avionics Technicians assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, conduct post flight maintenance and review of an F-16 Fighting Falcon during Operation Northern Cactus a joint training exercise at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), Michigan, Aug. 19, 2024. Northern Cactus is an annual training event that takes members of the 149th Fighter Wing, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to an austere environment to participate in an simulated deployment exercise. (Air National Guard photo by Tech Sgt. Derek Davis)

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240819-Z-DL828-1135

Staff Sgt. Gabriel Hilman and Senior Airman Colby Segovia, Crew Chiefs assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, watch the take of the Marine Corps F-35 Lightning II Charlie during Operation Northern Cactus a joint training exercise at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), Michigan, August 19, 2024. Northern Cactus is an joint training exercise that takes members of the 149th Fighter Wing, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to an austere environment to participate in an simulated deployment exercise. (Air National Guard photo by Tech Sgt. Derek Davis)

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240819-Z-DL828-1341

1st Lt. Jonathan Thomas, student pilot assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, conducts a pre-flight inspection of the F-16 Fighting Falcon prior to take off during Operation Northern Cactus a joint training exercise at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), Michigan, August 19, 2024. Northern Cactus is an annual training event that takes members of the 149th Fighter Wing, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to an austere environment to participate in a simulated deployment exercise. (Air National Guard photo by Tech Sgt. Derek Davis)

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240819-Z-DL828-1264

Master Sgt. Christopher Hamilton, a Crew Chief assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, conducts pre-flight checklist and inspection prior to take off during Operation Northern Cactus a joint training exercise at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), Michigan, August 19, 2024. Northern Cactus is an annual training event that takes members of the 149th Fighter Wing, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to an austere environment to participate in a simulated deployment exercise. (Air National Guard photo by Tech Sgt. Derek Davis)

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240819-Z-DL828-1542

Staff Sgt. Gabriel Hilman, a Crew Chief assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, conducts post flight maintenance during Operation Northern Cactus a joint training exercise at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), Michigan, August 19, 2024. Northern Cactus is an annual training event that takes members of the 149th Fighter Wing, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to an austere environment to participate in a simulated deployment exercise. (Air National Guard photo by Tech Sgt. Derek Davis)

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240819-Z-DL828-1522

Staff Sgt. Owen Curtin, an Air Craft Amourment Technician assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, conducts post flight maintenance during Operation Northern Cactus a joint training exercise at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC), Michigan, August 19, 2024. Northern Cactus is an annual training event that takes members of the 149th Fighter Wing, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to an austere environment to participate in a simulated deployment exercise. (Air National Guard photo by Tech Sgt. Derek Davis)

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F-35’s historic first arrival at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center

Airmen from the 115th Fighter Wing, Wisconsin National Guard, prepare an F-35 Lighting II aircraft for a training mission in Alpena, Michigan, Aug. 13, 2024. The F-35 was the first aircraft of its kind to land at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center when members of the 115th Fighter Wing participated in exercise Northern Strike 24-2. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Tristan D. Viglianco)

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240810-Z-GH646-1004

U.S. Air Force aerospace medical technicians with the 127th Medical Group, Michigan Air National Guard, and a U.S. Army soldier assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment General Support Aviation Battalion, Michigan Army National Guard, participate in En-Route Patient Staging System (ERPSS) training during Northern Strike 24-2 at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan, on August 10, 2024. ERPSS training ensures medical technicians have the skills necessary for patient movement and care during an aeromedical evacuation. NS24-2, one of the Department of Defense's largest reserve component readiness exercises, is scheduled to take place at Michigan's National All Domain Warfighting Center (NADWC) from Aug. 3-17, 2024. Over 6,300 participants from 32 states and territories and several international participants will converge at the NADWC. Exercise Northern Strike is the premier reserve component training event designed to build readiness with joint and partner forces in all domains of warfare. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by 2nd Lt. Elise Wahlstrom)

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240806-Z-QB509-1045

U.S. Air Force Capt. Tyler Kludt and Capt. Tanner Boyle, both pilots with the 185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National Guard, receive refresher training on how to operate the Real Time Information in the Cockpit (RTIC) system on the KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft during Exercise Northern Strike 2024-2 at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan, Aug 5, 2024. NS24-2, one of the Department of Defense's largest reserve component readiness exercises, is scheduled to take place at Michigan's National All Domain Warfighting Center (NADWC) from August 3-17, 2024. Over 6,300 participants from 32 states and territories and several international participants will converge at the NADWC. Northern Strike is the premier reserve component training event designed to build readiness with joint and partner forces in all domains of warfare. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Paul Helmig)

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