Alaska Army Guard aviators train with Special Tactics Airmen
Alaska Army Guard Spc. Matthew Tucker, left, a flight medic, and Staff Sgt. Brad McKenzie, a crew chief and hoist operator, both assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, assist Special Tactics Airmen, assigned to 24th Special Operations Wing, Detachment 1, with medical evacuation training, at Camp Madbull on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 10, 2023. Army Guard air crews also conducted aerial insertion and hoist operations with the Special Tactics teams. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. (Alaska National Guard photo by Balinda O’Neal)