Dressed in military-issued operational camouflage pattern clothing, a thick interceptor body armor vest with multiple ballistic plates inside, a radio, an advanced combat helmet and a M-4 carbine to protect and defend USAF interests. This is the ideal uniform of a deployed USAF Airman.
Temperatures reached as high as 103 degrees Fahrenheit. Clear skies made the sun’s powerful rays felt. Little to no wind offered no reprieve from the blazing heat with so much dirt and sand that it thoroughly resembled a desert environment. These were the conditions that 93 Airmen with the 821st Contingency Response Squadron, also known as the “Hellhounds,” had to endure at Schoonover Airfield, California, June 24-28, during Exercise STORM CROW.
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