GULFPORT COMBAT READINESS TRAINING CENTER, MS - Ssgt Brandon Onofer, a boom operator with the 171st Air Refueling Wing out of Pittsburgh PA, manages the boom arm during an aerial refueling with an F-15C from the 122nd Fighter Squadron during Exercise Southern Strike 15. Southern Strike (SS15) is a total force, multiservice exercise hosted by the Mississippi National Guard's Combat Readiness Training Center. SS15 emphasises air-to-air, air-to-ground and special operations forces training opportunities. These events are integrated into demanding hostile and asymmetric scenarios with actions fr


GULFPORT COMBAT READINESS TRAINING CENTER, MS - Ssgt Brandon Onofer, a boom operator with the 171st Air Refueling Wing out of Pittsburgh PA, manages the boom arm during an aerial refueling with an F-15C from the 122nd Fighter Squadron during Exercise Southern Strike 15. Southern Strike (SS15) is a total force, multiservice exercise hosted by the Mississippi National Guard's Combat Readiness Training Center. SS15 emphasises 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. (New York Air National Guard / Senior Airman Christopher Muncy / unreleased)


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