Staff Sgt. Riley Neads, a crew chief with the 55th Maintenance Group, prepares to launch an RC-135 V/W Rivet Joint aircraft during Global Thunder 17, Strategic Command’s annual command post and field training exercise, Oct. 30, 2016, at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. The exercise provided training opportunities for USSTRATCOM-tasked components, task forces, units and command posts to deter and, if necessary, defeat a military attack against the United States and to employ forces as directed by the President.

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