Air Force airmen with the Radar Airfield Weather Systems Shop, 53rd Air Traffic Control Squadron, communicate with a Federal Aviation Administration aircraft by radio to validate the functionality of their Mobile Tactical Air Navigation System at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, March 24, 2022. The TACAN’s purpose is to guide friendly military aircraft over greater distances, providing bearing and distance to its home station.

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