Eyes on target

Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.--Staff Sgt. Sergio Meneses reviews his students, Staff Sgt. Jarrod Phelan (Left) and Senior Airman Jacob Blumbrich (Right) as they set up for a close-air-support mission at Cannon Range as a final test of their upgrade training as joint terminal air controllers Oct. 13. The 30-day upgrade course consist of field excises with the Airmen coordinating close air request , and controls close-air-support giving pilots in the air a better visual of the target which provides life saving mission support. Sergeant Meneses is a joint terminal attack controller, and an instructor assigned to the 6th Combat Training Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Sergeant Phelan is a tactical air control party Airman assigned to the 14th air support operations squadron Pope AFB, N.C. and Airman Blumbrich is a TACP assigned to the 15th ASOS, Fort Benning, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Laura Goodgame)