Keywords: air force airforce usaf peoria illinois ang air national guard airnationalguard national guard nationalguard ilang ngb northern strike northernstrike mins2014 crtc alpena calfex joint multinational nato coalition exercise 169 training c-130 c130 hercules aircrew flight deck flightdeck il usa U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Stephen H. Jones, a flight engineer with the 169th Airlift Squadron, conducts duties on a 182nd Airlift Wing C-130H3 Hercules after departing Operation Northern Strike in Alpena, Mich., Aug. 16, 2014. Northern Strike was a 3-week-long exercise led by the National Guard that demonstrated the combined power of joint and multinational air and ground forces. Air National Guardsmen form Peoria, Ill., and more than 5,000 other armed forces members from 12 states and two coalition nations participated in the combat training. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Lealan Buehrer/Released) U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Stephen H. Jones, a flight engineer with the 169th Airlift Squadron, conducts duties on a 182nd Airlift Wing C-130H3 Hercules after departing Operation Northern Strike in Alpena, Mich., Aug. 16, 2014. Northern Strike was a 3-week-long exercise led by the National Guard that demonstrated the combined power of joint and multinational air and ground forces. Air National Guardsmen form Peoria, Ill., and more than 5,000 other armed forces members from 12 states and two coalition nations participated in the combat training. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Lealan Buehrer/Released) |