FORT POLK, La.--Airmen are taking to the ground this month at the Joint Readiness Training Center in central Louisiana.
The Army's 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team gave the Air Force's 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron five of the Army's high-tech armored Stryker vehicles at a ceremony earlier this month in preparation for a unique partnership.
The 3rd Squadron is assigned to the 354th Operations Group at Eielson Air Force Base, but its primary customer is the Stryker Brigade at the Fort Wainwright Army Post. The airmen will join the soldiers who deploy to Iraq in August.
It will be the first time a joint effort with the Army and Air Force has taken place using the Stryker vehicle. The airmen will coordinate air support from a Stryker vehicle for soldiers on the ground. [...]
Stryker integral to multi-force effort
Link to Full ArticleBy MARGARET FRIEDENAUER, The News-Miner
FORT POLK, La.--Airmen are taking to the ground this month at the Joint Readiness Training Center in central Louisiana.
The Army's 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team gave the Air Force's 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron five of the Army's high-tech armored Stryker vehicles at a ceremony earlier this month in preparation for a unique partnership.
