Air Force Staff Sgt. Deandre Curtiss, 3rd Combat Camera Squadron aerial combat photojournalist, boards a UH-72A "Lakota" helicopter from the 2nd Battalion, 151st Security and Support Aviation Battalion South Carolina Army National Guard, prior to an aerial reconnaissance mission during Exercise Scorpion Lens 15, Feb. 10, 2015. Exercise Scorpion Lens 2015 is an annual exercise designed to validate the ability of Air Force combat camera Airmen to survive, operate and provide directed imagery capability in an austere environment including in the presence of chemical, biological, radiological

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Air Force Staff Sgt. Deandre Curtiss, 3rd Combat Camera Squadron aerial combat photojournalist, boards a UH-72A "Lakota" helicopter from the 2nd Battalion, 151st Security and Support Aviation Battalion South Carolina Army National Guard, prior to an aerial reconnaissance mission during Exercise Scorpion Lens 15, Feb. 10, 2015. Exercise Scorpion Lens 2015 is an annual exercise designed to validate the ability of Air Force combat camera Airmen to survive, operate and provide directed imagery capability in an austere environment including in the presence of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear contamination. Combat camera Airmen document a full range of military operations in support of senior leaders and combatant commanders. Tech. Sgt. Joshua J. Garcia

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