A CH-47 Chinook, assigned to the 185th Aviation Brigade sits on the runway at Bobby Chain Airport as it awaits to be refueled in Hattiesburg Miss., Jan. 25, 2019. Southern Strike 19 is a total force, multi-service training exercise hosted by the Mississippi Air National Guard’s Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Miss., and Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center near Hattiesburg, Miss. from Jan. 15 through Jan. 30, 2019. The exercise emphasizes air-to-air, air-to-ground and special operations forces training opportunities.

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