Airmen with the 167th Airlift Wing, West Virginia National Guard and Soldiers with B Battery, 1st Battalion, 623rd Field Artillery Regiment, Kentucky National Guard secure Army High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) vehicles with the 623rd onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft with the 167th after a simulated firing exercise at Shepherd Field Air National Guard Base, Martinsburg, West Virginia, July 20, 2021, as part of Sentry Storm 2021. Sentry Storm, a joint training exercise hosted by the West Virginia Air National Guard, focuses on Agile Combat Employment (ACE) concepts allowin


Airmen with the 167th Airlift Wing, West Virginia National Guard and Soldiers with B Battery, 1st Battalion, 623rd Field Artillery Regiment, Kentucky National Guard secure Army High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) vehicles with the 623rd onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft with the 167th after a simulated firing exercise at Shepherd Field Air National Guard Base, Martinsburg, West Virginia, July 20, 2021, as part of Sentry Storm 2021. Sentry Storm, a joint training exercise hosted by the West Virginia Air National Guard, focuses on Agile Combat Employment (ACE) concepts allowing participants to hone skills needed to prevail over near-peer competitors. A variety of aircraft including C-130 Hercules, C-17 Globemasters, A-10 Thunderbolts, and MH-60 Seahawks participated in the exercise and events included dirt landing zone operations, airdrops, sling load operations, aeromedical evacuation, and forward operating base ground training.


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