Contingency Response Airmen assigned to the 621st Contingency Response Wing from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., prepare to hook-up supplies to a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter during sling-load training as part of exercise Northern Strike at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Mich., Aug. 8. Northern Strike is a robust military readiness exercise coordinated by the Michigan Army National Guard which features joint and multi-national militaries working together for total force integration.

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