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A Special Tactics Airman with the 17th Special Tactics Squadron surveys a target following close air support training during RED FLAG-Alaska 18-3 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Aug. 16, 2018. Special Tactics Airmen are a ground force that maximize the impacts of air power by controlling and directing precise strikes to destroy enemy terrain, positions and resources. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Sandra Welch)

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A Special Tactics Airman with the 17th Special Tactics Squadron watches as a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook prepares to land during RED FLAG-Alaska 18-3 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Aug. 16, 2018. Special Tactics is U.S. Special Operation Command’s tactical air and ground integration force, and the Air Force’s special operations ground force, leading global access, precision strike, personnel recovery and battlefield surgery operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Sandra Welch)

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An HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter flies above Special Tactics Airmen with the 17th Special Tactics Squadron during Jaded Thunder at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Aug. 20, 2018. Special Tactics is U.S. Special Operation Command’s tactical air and ground integration force, and the Air Force’s special operations ground force, leading global access, precision strike, personnel recovery and battlefield surgery operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Sandra Welch)

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Special Tactics Airmen with the 17th Special Tactics Squadron reviews target positions during Jaded Thunder at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Aug. 20, 2018. Special Tactics Airmen are a ground force that maximize the impacts of air power by controlling and directing precise strikes to destroy enemy terrain, positions and resources. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Sandra Welch)

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A Special Tactics Airman with the 17th Special Tactics Squadron fires an M4 carbine during Jaded Thunder at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Aug. 20, 2018. Special Tactics is U.S. Special Operation Command’s tactical air and ground integration force, and the Air Force’s special operations ground force, leading global access, precision strike, personnel recovery and battlefield surgery operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Sandra Welch)

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17th STS Airmen participate in RED FLAG-Alaska 18-3, Jaded Thunder

Published Sept. 21, 2018
By Tech. Sgt. Sandra Welch
24th Special Operations Wing Combat Camera

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. -- A Special Tactics Airman with the 17th Special Tactics Squadron surveys a target following close air support training during RED FLAG-Alaska 18-3 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Aug. 16, 2018. Special Tactics Airmen are a ground force that maximize the impacts of air power by controlling and directing precise strikes to destroy enemy terrain, positions and resources. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Sandra Welch)