Canadian Alpha Jets escort C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 182nd Airlift Wing, Peoria, Ill. into the drop zone for an air drop mission being controlled by Joint Terminal Air Controllers from the 148th Air Support Operations Squadron, Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. during Operation Northern Strike 2014 near Grayling, Mich. on Aug. 9, 2014. Operation Northern Strike 2014 is a joint multi-national combined arms training exercise conducted in Michigan. ( Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Scott Thompson/released) Operation Northern Strike 2014 140809-Z-GS745-682

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