193rd Special Operations Maintenance Group supports Emerald Warrior Exercise
Staff Sgt. Shawn Wiley, 193rd Special Operations Maintenance Group crew chief, and Staff Sgt. Nicholas Perez, 1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels distribution supervisor, Hurlburt Field, Fla., stand by during the refueling of the 193rd’s EC-130J Commando Solo aircraft at the conclusion of Emerald Warrior Exercise, May 3. The primary purpose of EW is to exercise special operations components in urban and irregular warfare settings to support combatant commanders in theater campaigns. EW leverages lessons from Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom and other historical lessons to provide better trained and ready forces to combatant commanders. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Senior Airman Claire Behney/Released)