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Operation Steel Dragon

Maj. Kazunori Takahara, a Japan Air-Self Defense Force C-130H Hercules pilot assigned to the 757th Airlift Squadron, operates a C-130H Hercules aircraft on Oct. 26, 2020, on the flightline at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan. Aircrew members assigned to the 757th Airlift Squadron flew Reserve Citizen Airmen from Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, to Alpena CRTC to conduct combat training, measuring the wing’s overall readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christina Russo)

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Operation Steel Dragon

Lt. Col. Rodd Morris, the operations plans chief, assigned to the 910th Operations Support Squadron, taxis a C-130H Hercules aircraft on Oct. 26, 2020, on the flightline at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan. Aircrew members assigned to the 757th Airlift Squadron flew Reserve Citizen Airmen from Youngstown Air Reserve Station to Alpena CRTC to conduct combat training, measuring the wing’s overall readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christina Russo)

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Operation Steel Dragon

Reserve Citizen Airmen assigned to Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, load a Humvee onto a C-130H Hercules aircraft on Oct. 29, 2020, on the flightline at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan. Members from the installation traveled to Alpena CRTC to conduct combat training, measuring the wing’s overall readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christina Russo)

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Operation Steel Dragon

Reserve Citizen Airmen assigned to Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, prepare a Humvee to be loaded onto a C-130H Hercules aircraft on Oct. 29, 2020, on the flightline at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan. Members from the installation traveled to Alpena CRTC to conduct combat training, measuring the wing’s overall readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christina Russo)

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Operation Steel Dragon

Reserve Citizen Airmen assigned to the 910th Logistics Readiness Squadron conduct combat medical training on Oct. 29, 2020, at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan. Members of Youngstown Air Reserve Station traveled to Alpena CRTC to conduct combat training, measuring the wing’s overall readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christina Russo)

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Operation Steel Dragon

Master Sgt. John Hall, the security forces exercise flight sergeant, assigned to the 910th Security Forces Squadron, acts as an opposing force member during a combat exercise on Oct. 29, 2020, at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan. Reserve Citizen Airmen from Youngstown Air Reserve Station traveled to Alpena CRTC to conduct combat training, measuring the wing’s overall readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christina Russo)

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Operation Steel Dragon

Staff Sgt. Justin Mullins, a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning journeyman assigned to the 910th Civil Engineer Squadron, and Senior Airman Jaelynn Sheppard, an operations management journeyman assigned to the 910th Civil Engineer Squadron, collect information using their post-attack reconnaissance kit on Oct. 28, 2020, at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan. Reserve Citizen Airmen from Youngstown Air Reserve Station traveled to Alpena CRTC to conduct combat training, measuring the wing’s overall readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christina Russo)

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Operation Steel Dragon

Staff Sgt. Bryan Harris, a structural helper assigned to the 910th Civil Engineer Squadron, acts as a post-attack reconnaissance team member and collects victim information for casualty reporting from a simulated bomb attack victim portrayed by Master Sgt. Kara Kauffman, an operations intel craftsman assigned to the 910th Operations Support Squadron, on Oct. 28, 2020, at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan. Reserve Citizen Airmen from Youngstown Air Reserve Station traveled to Alpena CRTC to conduct combat training, measuring the wing’s overall readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christina Russo)

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Operation Steel Dragon

Tech. Sgt. Chad McIntosh, a 910th Airlift Wing inspection manager, tosses a M18 smoke grenade on Oct. 28, 2020, at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan. Reserve Citizen Airmen from Youngstown Air Reserve Station traveled to Alpena CRTC to conduct combat training, measuring the wing’s overall readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christina Russo)

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Through the Lens: Operation Steel Dragon

Published Jan. 19, 2021
By Senior Airman Christina Russo
910th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

ALPENA COMBAT READINESS TRAINING CENTER, Michigan --

Members of the 910th Airlift Wing participated in Operation Steel Dragon, an exercise at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan, Oct. 26–31, 2020.