Air Force tactical air control party specialists assigned to Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron prepare to commence an overland cross country ski movement during Operation Agipen 2 at Paxson, Alaska, Jan. 28, 2023. Agipen 2 was an unsupported, sustained cold-weather operation designed to validate equipment and previous arctic training in austere conditions. During the multi-day training exercise the 3rd ASOS special warfare Airmen conducted a long-distance, overland ski movement that included pulling individual pulk sleds by incorporating cross country skiing and skijoring.

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