U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Katie Chiarantona, commander, 192nd Maintenance Squadron, 192nd Wing, Virginia National Guard and Chief Master Sgt. Harrison Southworth, the squadron’s senior enlisted leader, observe an aircraft recovery operation during the Advanced Crash Damaged and Disabled Aircraft Recovery Course at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center in Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, July 14, 2026. More than 85 military and civilian defense partners took part in the Joint Program Office course, which provided attendees practical, hands-on training recovering a wide variety of airframes using advanced equipment and techniques designed to do so safely and efficiently. (U.S. National Guard photo by Paul Gorman)

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Operational Test & Evaluation Squadron 1 use a CH-53K King Stallion helicopter to transport a recovered F-15 Eagle aircraft during the Advanced Crash Damaged and Disabled Aircraft Recovery Course at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center in Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, July 14, 2026. More than 85 military and civilian defense partners took part in the Joint Program Office course, which provided attendees practical, hands-on training recovering a wide variety of airframes using advanced equipment and techniques designed to do so safely and efficiently. (U.S. National Guard photo by Paul Gorman)

An F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to the Wisconsin Air National Guard's 115th Fighter Wing simulates a show-of-force flyover of a downed aircraft site at Hardwood Air-to-Ground Weapons Range near Finley, Wisconsin, July 14, 2026, during the Advanced Crash Damaged and Disabled Aircraft Recovery Course at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center. More than 85 military and civilian defense partners took part in the Joint Program Office course, which provided attendees practical, hands-on training recovering a wide variety of airframes using advanced equipment and techniques designed to do so safely and efficiently. (U.S. National Guard photo by Paul Gorman)

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Denver Duhs, an Aerospace Medical Technician with the 182nd Medical Group, 182nd Airlift Wing, Illinois National Guard, provides continuous trauma and advanced care to a simulator mannequin during Operation Holdem in Camp Shebly, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, July 23, 2026. The capstone exercise for Medical Readiness University was designed to integrate trauma care, logistics, patient movement, and command decision-making under simulated operational conditions. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Airman 1st Class Maria Gonzalez Garduno)

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Alan Barrett, a clinical provider with the 169th Medical Group, 169th Fighter Wing, South Carolina National Guard, acts as a casualty for care under fire drills during the Tactical Combat Casualty Care Tier 4 course of Medical Readiness University at the Airfield Damage Repair site of the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Mississippi, July 14, 2026. ANG medics learned advanced techniques, from hemorrhage control to managing casualties when evacuation is delayed, ensuring every service member has the best possible chance of survival. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Airman 1st Class Maria Gonzalez Garduno)

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Ned McElfresh, the Tactical Combat Casualty Care program owner at the National Guard Bureau and Prolonged Casualty Care course owner at Medical Readiness University, addresses TCCC Tier 4 students during the start of the course at the Airfield Damage Repair site of the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Mississippi, July 14, 2026. Combat paramedics and providers trained the knowledge and skills needed to provide advanced care and keep wounded Service members alive before getting them to definitive care. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Airman 1st Class Maria Gonzalez Garduno)