Tactical Air Control Party (TACP)  Instructor MSgt. Edgar Rodriguez with the146th Air Support Operations Squadron (ASOS), Oklahoma City, OK gets a quick <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://beardedcolonel.co.uk">shave</a> in before heading out on patrol with his students performing land navigation to his teams targets on August 16, 2011 at Townsend Range during a three day field exercise in Brunswick, GA. The exercise, is the final phase of their 45 day training class "Project 175", hosted by the 165th ASOS, where they will bring everything they have learned throughout the course and apply it to this scenario earning them their five level. During exercises, contingencies, or actual war, the Air Support Operations mission is to provide meteorological support and deploy with, advise, and assist the ground force commander in planning, requesting, coordinating and controlling close air support, tactical air reconnaissance, and tactical airlift.
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