Members of the 153rd Airlift Wing, go over a pre-flight brief on the ramp of a C-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to Wyoming Air National Guard as part of Exercise Southern Strike at the Mississippi National Guard’s Combat Readiness Training Center Gulfport, Miss., April 22. Southern Strike is an annual training exercise hosted by the Mississippi National Guard to increase combat readiness across all branches of the U.S. Military. (Temporary unmasking for service members is due to mission requirements.)

Two C-130 Hercules aircraft from the Wyoming Air National Guard are ready to roll during Exercise Southern Strike 2021 at the Mississippi National Guard’s Combat Readiness Training Center Gulfport, Miss., April 19. 

U.S. Air Force Technical Sgt. Carlos Enriquez, a loadmaster with the 187th Airlift Squadron, scans the sky for potential threats from the “Bubble” on a C-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to the 153d Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard as part of Exercise Southern Strike at the Mississippi National Guard’s Combat Readiness Training Center Gulfport, Miss., April 22.

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Holly Woodridge, a pilot with the 187th Airlift Squadron, relays information to crewmembers on a C-130 Hercules aircraft assigned to the 153d Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard.