A GTR-18 Smokey Sam is deployed at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss., during Southern Strike 17, Oct 27, 2016. SSTK 17 is a total force, multi-service training exercise hosted by the Mississippi Air National Guard’s Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Miss., from Oct. 24 through Nov. 4, 2016. The exercise emphasizes air-to-air, air-to-ground and special operations forces training opportunities. These events are integrated into demanding hostile and asymmetric scenarios with actions from specialized ground forces and combat and mobility air forces. ( Air Force photo


A GTR-18 Smokey Sam is deployed at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss., during Southern Strike 17, Oct 27, 2016. SSTK 17 is a total force, multi-service training exercise hosted by the Mississippi Air National Guard’s Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Miss., from Oct. 24 through Nov. 4, 2016. The exercise emphasizes air-to-air, air-to-ground and special operations forces training opportunities. These events are integrated into demanding hostile and asymmetric scenarios with actions from specialized ground forces and combat and mobility air forces. ( Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ericka Engblom)


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