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Forward Area Refueling Point aircrew members with the 27th Special Operations Wing refuel an F-22 Raptor with the 3rd Wing from an MC-130J Commando II during Emerald Warrior at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 30, 2020. This was considered the first-ever simulated Forward Area Refueling Point for F-22 Raptors in an extreme cold weather environment. Emerald Warrior 20-1 provides annual, realistic pre-deployment training encompassing multiple joint operating areas to prepare special operations forces, conventional force enablers, partner nations, and interagency elements to integrate with and execute full spectrum special operations in an arctic climate, sharpening U.S. forces’ abilities to operate around the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ridge Shan)

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A Special Tactics operator and a Forward Area Refueling Point aircrew member with the 27th Special Operations Wing prepare to fuel an F-22 Raptor with the 3rd Wing during Emerald Warrior at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 30, 2020. This was the first-ever simulated Forward Area Refueling Point for F-22 Raptors in an extreme cold weather environment. Emerald Warrior 20-1 provides annual, realistic pre-deployment training encompassing multiple joint operating areas to prepare special operations forces, conventional force enablers, partner nations, and interagency elements to integrate with and execute full spectrum special operations in an arctic climate, sharpening U.S. forces’ abilities to operate around the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ridge Shan)

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An MC-130J Commando II aircrew member with the 27th Special Operations Wing prepares equipment at the first-ever simulated Forward Area Refueling Point for F-22 Raptors in an extreme cold weather environment during Emerald Warrior at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 29, 2020. Emerald Warrior 20-1 provides annual, realistic pre-deployment training encompassing multiple joint operating areas to prepare special operations forces, conventional force enablers, partner nations, and interagency elements to integrate with and execute full spectrum special operations in an arctic climate, sharpening U.S. forces’ abilities to operate around the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ridge Shan)

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Special Tactics operators lead F-22 Raptors with the 3rd Wing in an all-terrain vehicle down a runway to simulate the first-ever simulated Forward Area Refueling Point for F-22 Raptors in an extreme cold weather environment during Emerald Warrior at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 30, 2020. Emerald Warrior 20-1 provides annual, realistic pre-deployment training encompassing multiple joint operating areas to prepare special operations forces, conventional force enablers, partner nations, and interagency elements to integrate with and execute full spectrum special operations in an arctic climate, sharpening U.S. forces’ abilities to operate around the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ridge Shan)

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Forward Area Refueling Point aircrew members with the 27th Special Operations Wing refuel F-22 Raptors with the 3rd Wing from an MC-130J Commando II during Emerald Warrior at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 30, 2020. This was considered the first-ever simulated Forward Area Refueling Point for F-22 Raptors in an extreme cold weather environment. Emerald Warrior 20-1 provides annual, realistic pre-deployment training encompassing multiple joint operating areas to prepare special operations forces, conventional force enablers, partner nations, and interagency elements to integrate with and execute full spectrum special operations in an arctic climate, sharpening U.S. forces’ abilities to operate around the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ridge Shan)

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A Special Tactics operator taxis an F-22 Raptor with the 3rd Wing into a simulated extreme cold weather environment Forward Area Refueling Point during Emerald Warrior at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 30, 2020. Emerald Warrior 20-1 provides annual, realistic pre-deployment training encompassing multiple joint operating areas to prepare special operations forces, conventional force enablers, partner nations, and interagency elements to integrate with and execute full spectrum special operations in an arctic climate, sharpening U.S. forces’ abilities to operate around the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ridge Shan)

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U.S. Air Force Special Operations Surgical Teams practiced integration operations with a special operations partner force during a Special Tactics exercise, Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 16, 2015. SOST members are military medical professionals selected to provide battlefield trauma and other surgical support in a special operations mission set. SOST members often forward deploy to austere or hostile areas to perform life-saving trauma surgery for special operators with little to no facility support. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Kai White/Released)

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U.S. Air Force Special Operations Surgical Teams practiced integration operations with a special operations partner force during a Special Tactics exercise, Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 16, 2015. SOST members are military medical professionals selected to provide battlefield trauma and other surgical support in a special operations mission set. SOST members often forward deploy to austere or hostile areas to perform life-saving trauma surgery for special operators with little to no facility support. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Kai White/Released)

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U.S. Air Force Special Operations Surgical Teams practiced integration operations with a special operations partner force during a Special Tactics exercise, Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 16, 2015. SOST members are military medical professionals selected to provide battlefield trauma and other surgical support in a special operations mission set. SOST members often forward deploy to austere or hostile areas to perform life-saving trauma surgery for special operators with little to no facility support. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Kai White/Released)

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Hundreds of family members, friends and teammates of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cole Condiff, a Special Tactics combat controller, gather for a memorial ceremony at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Richardson, Texas, Dec. 21, 2019. Condiff, assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, had an unplanned parachute departure from a C-130 aircraft Nov. 5, 2019, over the Gulf of Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rachel Williams)

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A piper plays taps during the military funeral honors of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cole Condiff, a Special Tactics combat controller, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Richardson, Texas, Dec. 21, 2019. Condiff, assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, had an unplanned parachute departure from a C-130 aircraft Nov. 5, 2019, over the Gulf of Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rachel Williams)

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Special Tactics Airmen perform memorial pushups following the military funeral honors of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cole Condiff, a Special Tactics combat controller, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Richardson, Texas, Dec. 21, 2019. Condiff, assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, had an unplanned parachute departure from a C-130 aircraft Nov. 5, 2019, over the Gulf of Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rachel Williams)

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The Dyess Air Force Base Honor Guard perform a 21-gun salute during the military funeral honors of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cole Condiff, a Special Tactics combat controller, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Richardson, Texas, Dec. 21, 2019. As a Special Tactics combat controller, Condiff was specially trained and equipped for immediate deployment into combat operations to conduct global access, precision strike and personnel recovery operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rachel Williams)

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The Dyess Air Force Base Honor Guard folds an American flag during the military funeral honors of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cole Condiff, a Special Tactics combat controller, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Richardson, Texas, Dec. 21, 2019. Condiff, assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, had an unplanned parachute departure from a C-130 aircraft Nov. 5, 2019, over the Gulf of Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rachel Williams)

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Rachael Condiff, wife of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cole Condiff, receives a flag from a Special Tactics operator during a memorial ceremony at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Richardson, Texas, Dec. 21, 2019. Condiff, a Special Tactics combat controller assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, had an unplanned parachute departure from a C-130 aircraft Nov. 5, 2019, over the Gulf of Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rachel Williams)

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jim Slife, left, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, presents a Silver Star Medal to U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Cody Smith, a Special Tactics combat controller with the 26th Special Tactics Squadron, during a ceremony at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, Nov. 22, 2019. Smith was awarded the nation’s third highest medal against an armed enemy of the United States in combat for his actions while deployed to Afghanistan in October 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rachel Williams)

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jim Slife, left, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, presents a Silver Star Medal to U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Cody Smith, a Special Tactics combat controller with the 26th Special Tactics Squadron, during a ceremony at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, Nov. 22, 2019. Smith was awarded the nation’s third highest medal against an armed enemy of the United States in combat for his actions while deployed to Afghanistan in October 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rachel Williams)

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Cody Smith, a Special Tactics combat controller with the 26th Special Tactics Squadron, reunites with the F-16 pilots and ground force commander who fought with Smith during the events that led to him being awarded a Silver Star Medal at a ceremony at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, Nov. 22, 2019. Smith received the nation’s third highest medal against an armed enemy of the United States in combat for his actions while deployed to Afghanistan in October 2018. The pilots are with the 114th Fighter Wing, South Dakota Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rachel Williams)

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191122-F-CR035-1156

Leadership with the 26th Special Tactics Squadron lead family, friends and teammates in Memorial Pushups following a Silver Star Medal presentation ceremony at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, Nov. 22, 2019. U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Cody Smith, a Special Tactics combat controller with the 26th Special Tactics Squadron, was awarded the nation’s third highest medal against an armed enemy of the United States in combat for his actions while deployed to Afghanistan in October 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rachel Williams)

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191122-F-CR035-1156

Family, friends and teammates gather for a Silver Star Medal presentation ceremony at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, Nov. 22, 2019. U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Cody Smith, a Special Tactics combat controller with the 26th Special Tactics Squadron, was awarded the nation’s third highest medal against an armed enemy of the United States in combat for his actions while deployed to Afghanistan in October 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rachel Williams)

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