Xander Bianchi, a technical rigging instructor from Ouray, Colorado, moves across a rock formation while guiding Air Force tactical air control party specialists assigned to Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, during mountaineering training at Sunshine Ridge, Alaska, July 22, 2022. The 3rd ASOS special warfare Airmen utilize Alaska’s varied and austere training locations to prepare for conditions they may face on deployment.

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