Alaska Air National Guardsmen deploy to Southwest Asia
Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Ken Mendenhall, an aircrew flight equipment technician with the 176th Maintenance Squadron, boards a C-17 Globemaster III Sept. 26, 2017, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, bound for Southwest Asia in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. Mendenhall will support HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter crews in the fight against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Air Force photo by David Bedard)