Air Force Staff Sgt. Benjamin Leavitt, foreground, and Airman 1st Class Christopher Leavitt, both tactical air control party specialists with Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, pull pulk sleds while cross country skiing along the Denali Highway, Alaska, during Operation Agipen 2, 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
Air Force Staff Sgt. Benjamin Leavitt, foreground, and Airman 1st Class Christopher Leavitt, both tactical air control party specialists with Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, pull pulk sleds while cross country skiing along the Denali Highway, Alaska, during Operation Agipen 2, 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. Benj Leavitt and Chris Leavitt are from Yelm, Wash., and Redmond, Ore., respectively.
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