Homecoming greeting
From left: Col. Ryan Ayers, the 119th Operations Group commander, and Col. Mitch Johnson, the 119th Wing commander, greet unit members Senior Airman Chris Heinrich, Senior Airman Ethan Kieffer, and Staff Sgt. Anthony Coronato as they return from Exercise Southern Strike at the North Dakota Air National Guard Base, Fargo, N.D., May 3, 2021. Southern Strike is a large-scale, joint and international combat training exercise featuring counter-insurgency, close-air support, non-combatant evacuations, and maritime special operations hosted by the Mississippi National Guard with joint DoD agency participants from multiple locations around the country. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Chief Master Sgt. David H. Lipp)