Air Force Staff Sgt. Asher Wilthew, a tactical air control party specialist with Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, enjoys a moment of levity while conducting a ski-movement training exercise at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 24, 2023. The special warfare Airmen were preparing for a sustained arctic operation consisting of a 135-mile unsupported ski movement along the Denali Highway between Paxson and Cantwell, Alaska.

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