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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      RF-A serves as an ideal platform for improving  interoperability as the exercise has a long history of including U.S. and international partners.Multinational JTACs integrate in Red Flag-Alaska
                        
                        
                        A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II, assigned to the 51st Fighter Wing, performs a maneuver during exercise Red Flag-Alaska 19-2 over the Yukon Training Area, Alaska, June 14, 2019. Red Flag-Alaska serves as an ideal platform for improving interoperability as the exercise has a long history of including U.S. and international partners. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Isaac Johnson)
                
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        RF-A serves as an ideal platform for improving  interoperability as the exercise has a long history of including U.S. and international partners.Multinational JTACs integrate in Red Flag-Alaska
                        
                        
                        South Korean air force joint terminal attack controllers observe as an A-10 Thunderbolt II provides close air support during exercise Red Flag-Alaska 19-2 in the Yukon Training Area, Alaska, June 14, 2019. JTACs work with aircraft pilots to coordinate and execute precision close air support. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Isaac Johnson)
                
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Multinational JTACs integrate in Red Flag-AlaskaPublished June 20, 2019
                    
                    By Senior Airman Isaac Johnson
                    
                    
                    354th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
            **EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska (AFNS) --**During exercise Red Flag-Alaska 19-2, U.S. Air Force tactical air control party joint terminal attack controllers assigned to the 116th Air Support Operations Squadron partnered with JTACs from the British Army and the South Korean air force.
Throughout the exercise, they shared tactics, techniques and procedures regarding close air support, enabling them to work together more efficiently in the future if the need arises.
“One of the biggest differences between us and the United Kingdom JTACs is that theirs are in the Army,” said U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Cory Welton, 116th ASOS JTAC. “Having them here allows us to learn more about how they do things in the British Army as well as teach them how U.S. Air Force JTACs accomplish the same job.”
Close air support involves aircraft pilots in the air providing direct support to JTACs on the ground and requires precise communication between the two to be successful. Although the basic concept of close air support is the same for members of all three nations’ armed forces, sharing specific tactics, practicing with multiple airframes and observing each other’s procedures allow all personnel involved to incorporate new strategies and learn to work together more effectively.
“Here at (Red Flag-Alaska) we’ve gotten a lot of good experience working with our coalition partners,” said British Army Staff Sgt. Robert Leonard, British Army Headquarters 1st Artillery Brigade JTAC. “Being able to observe and participate in the coordination of CAS with coalition aircraft allows us to get very realistic training.”
During the two-week exercise, JTACs from all three countries had opportunities to coordinate with pilots operating several different aircraft such as U.S. A-10s and F-16s, as well as Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2s. The close air support training served as an integral part of exercising multi-domain operations, where members of the U.S. Air Force, British Army and South Korean air force enhanced their ability to work together in future contingencies.Air Force 



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