An aviation Soldier assigned with the North Carolina National Guard monitors the airspace as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter departs the Stanley County Airport during the North Carolina Army National Guard’s Carolina Thunder 2015 aviation training exercise Aug. 1, 2015. The training exercise was a multi-state and multi-component event involving North Carolina Army National Guard aviators and artillery, North Carolina Air Guardsmen, South Carolina Army Guard aviators, Alabama Army Guard aviators and active-duty Airmen and Soldiers. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Brian Godette, 382nd Public Affairs Detachment/Released)