Air Force combat controller from the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron communicates with a 357th Fighter Squadron A-10C Thunderbolt II pilot taxiing to a parking spot after landing on Bicycle Lake Army Airfield at the National Training Center range, Fort Irwin, Calif., Sept. 22, 2015. The pilots participated in austere landing training during Green Flag-West 15-10. Combat controllers survey and establish airfields in austere or hostile areas while also providing air traffic control to land aircraft during combat and humanitarian missions. ( Air Force photo by Senior Airman Betty R. Cheval

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Air Force combat controller from the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron communicates with a 357th Fighter Squadron A-10C Thunderbolt II pilot taxiing to a parking spot after landing on Bicycle Lake Army Airfield at the National Training Center range, Fort Irwin, Calif., Sept. 22, 2015. The pilots participated in austere landing training during Green Flag-West 15-10. Combat controllers survey and establish airfields in austere or hostile areas while also providing air traffic control to land aircraft during combat and humanitarian missions. ( Air Force photo by Senior Airman Betty R. Chevalier/Released)

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