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U.S. Air Force special tactics Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing conduct fast rope operations from a Mississippi Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk on the island of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Aug. 27, 2025 as part of Emerald Warrior 25.2, a large-scale special operations exercise staged in multiple locations by Air Force Special Operations Command. St. Croix provides an ideal environment for testing the unit’s littoral and maritime capabilities, simulating many of the geographic features that special operators may encounter when deployed around the world to project air power in unfamiliar or contested environments. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)
250827-Z-VT419-2337.JPG Photo By: Dale Greer

CHRISTIANSTED, U.S. Virgin Islands - U.S. Air Force special tactics Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing conduct fast rope operations from a Mississippi Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk on the island of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Aug. 27, 2025 as part of Emerald Warrior 25.2, a large-scale special operations exercise staged in multiple locations by Air Force Special Operations Command. St. Croix provides an ideal environment for testing the unit’s littoral and maritime capabilities, simulating many of the geographic features that special operators may encounter when deployed around the world to project air power in unfamiliar or contested environments. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)


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