Idaho Army National Guard Spc. Joey Barber quickly makes targeting adjustments to the 120mm mortar while Cpl. Tristan Gillaspy gets ready to hang a mortar round for firing. The Idaho Army National Guard’s Combined Arms Battalion, the Idaho Air National Guard’s 124th Air Support Operations Squadron and 190th Fighter Squadron joined forces in a large-scale joint training event on May 18 and 19, 2021 on the Orchard Combat Training Center. Two mortar platoons from the HHC, 2-116th mortar section, Thunder 1 and Thunder 2, provided supporting fire from two M106 mortar carriers. This was t
Idaho Army National Guard Spc. Joey Barber quickly makes targeting adjustments to the 120mm mortar while Cpl. Tristan Gillaspy gets ready to hang a mortar round for firing. The Idaho Army National Guard’s Combined Arms Battalion, the Idaho Air National Guard’s 124th Air Support Operations Squadron and 190th Fighter Squadron joined forces in a large-scale joint training event on May 18 and 19, 2021 on the Orchard Combat Training Center. Two mortar platoons from the HHC, 2-116th mortar section, Thunder 1 and Thunder 2, provided supporting fire from two M106 mortar carriers. This was the first exercise of its kind with A-10 Thunderbolt fighters delivering 500 pound aerial ordinance in conjunction with supporting fire from Idaho Army National Guard ground units.
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