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Operation Neverland: TF Black Cat and 39th ABW conduct joint training exercise (PHOTOS)

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Troy Shakespeare, a defender assigned to the 39th Security Forces Squadron provides medical aid to U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Anthony Morfin, a defender assigned the 39th SFS during a joint training event at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Nov. 22, 2021. During the training evolution, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crews assigned to the U.S. Army’s 3rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (Task Force Black Cat) teamed with 39th Air Base Wing Airmen to strengthen interagency collaboration in a variety of mission-specific simulated combat scenarios. Explosive ordnance disposal, medical and military working dog experts capitalized on TF Black Cat’s air transportation capabilities as they conducted operations to detect explosive devices, react to enemy contact, prepare wounded personnel for evacuation and provide follow-on care at fortified medical facilities. The event culminated TF Black Cat’s nine-month deployment to Incirlik AB and demonstrated the working relationships built between Army and Air Force agencies during that time. Over the last nine months, TF Black Cat has conducted numerous individual training events with the 39th Medical Group, the 39th Security Forces Squadron military working dog flight and the 39th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight. Due to the Incirlik AB’s strategic location, the 39th ABW collaborates with mission partners like Task Force Black Cat to ensure the wing is always ready to respond to a wide variety of contingency requirements in defense of NATO’s southern flank. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brandt Self)
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Operation Neverland: TF Black Cat and 39th ABW conduct joint training exercise (PHOTOS)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Anthony Stuart, a military working dog handler assigned to the 39th Security Forces Squadron, waits with his K-9 partner, Nico, prior to a joint training event at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Nov. 22, 2021. During the training evolution, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crews assigned to the U.S. Army’s 3rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (Task Force Black Cat) teamed with 39th Air Base Wing Airmen to strengthen interagency collaboration in a variety of mission-specific simulated combat scenarios. Explosive ordnance disposal, medical and military working dog experts capitalized on TF Black Cat’s air transportation capabilities as they conducted operations to detect explosive devices, react to enemy contact, prepare wounded personnel for evacuation and provide follow-on care at fortified medical facilities. The event culminated TF Black Cat’s nine-month deployment to Incirlik AB and demonstrated the working relationships built between Army and Air Force agencies during that time. Over the last nine months, TF Black Cat has conducted numerous individual training events with the 39th Medical Group, the 39th Security Forces Squadron military working dog flight and the 39th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight. Due to the Incirlik AB’s strategic location, the 39th ABW collaborates with mission partners like Task Force Black Cat to ensure the wing is always ready to respond to a wide variety of contingency requirements in defense of NATO’s southern flank. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brandt Self)
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Operation Neverland: TF Black Cat and 39th ABW conduct joint training exercise (PHOTOS)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman ¬¬¬¬Matthew Wolfe, an explosive ordnance disposal team member assigned to the 39th Civil Engineer Squadron EOD flight, scans for an explosive device during a joint training event at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Nov. 22, 2021. During the training evolution, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crews assigned to the U.S. Army’s 3rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (Task Force Black Cat) teamed with 39th Air Base Wing Airmen to strengthen interagency collaboration in a variety of mission-specific simulated combat scenarios. Explosive ordnance disposal, medical and military working dog experts capitalized on TF Black Cat’s air transportation capabilities as they conducted operations to detect explosive devices, react to enemy contact, prepare wounded personnel for evacuation and provide follow-on care at fortified medical facilities. The event culminated TF Black Cat’s nine-month deployment to Incirlik AB and demonstrated the working relationships built between Army and Air Force agencies during that time. Over the last nine months, TF Black Cat has conducted numerous individual training events with the 39th Medical Group, the 39th Security Forces Squadron military working dog flight and the 39th CES explosive ordnance disposal flight. Due to the Incirlik AB’s strategic location, the 39th ABW collaborates with mission partners like Task Force Black Cat to ensure the wing is always ready to respond to a wide variety of contingency requirements in defense of NATO’s southern flank. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Derek Seifert)
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Operation Neverland: TF Black Cat and 39th ABW conduct joint training exercise (PHOTOS)

An Airman assigned to the 39th Security Forces Squadron watches two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters prepare to land during a joint training event at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Nov. 22, 2021. During the training evolution, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crews assigned to the U.S. Army’s 3rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (Task Force Black Cat) teamed with 39th Air Base Wing Airmen to strengthen interagency collaboration in a variety of mission-specific simulated combat scenarios. Explosive ordnance disposal, medical and military working dog experts capitalized on TF Black Cat’s air transportation capabilities as they conducted operations to detect explosive devices, react to enemy contact, prepare wounded personnel for evacuation and provide follow-on care at fortified medical facilities. The event culminated TF Black Cat’s nine-month deployment to Incirlik AB and demonstrated the working relationships built between Army and Air Force agencies during that time. Over the last nine months, TF Black Cat has conducted numerous individual training events with the 39th Medical Group, the 39th SFS military working dog flight and the 39th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight. Due to the Incirlik AB’s strategic location, the 39th ABW collaborates with mission partners like Task Force Black Cat to ensure the wing is always ready to respond to a wide variety of contingency requirements in defense of NATO’s southern flank. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Derek Seifert)
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Operation Neverland: TF Black Cat and 39th ABW conduct joint training exercise (PHOTOS)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dylan White, a military working dog handler assigned to the 39th Security Forces Squadron, provides security during a joint training event at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Nov. 22, 2021. During the training evolution, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crews assigned to the U.S. Army’s 3rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (Task Force Black Cat) teamed with 39th Air Base Wing Airmen to strengthen interagency collaboration in a variety of mission-specific simulated combat scenarios. Explosive ordnance disposal, medical and military working dog experts capitalized on TF Black Cat’s air transportation capabilities as they conducted operations to detect explosive devices, react to enemy contact, prepare wounded personnel for evacuation and provide follow-on care at fortified medical facilities. The event culminated TF Black Cat’s nine-month deployment to Incirlik AB and demonstrated the working relationships built between Army and Air Force agencies during that time. Over the last nine months, TF Black Cat has conducted numerous individual training events with the 39th Medical Group, the 39th SFS military working dog flight and the 39th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight. Due to the Incirlik AB’s strategic location, the 39th ABW collaborates with mission partners like Task Force Black Cat to ensure the wing is always ready to respond to a wide variety of contingency requirements in defense of NATO’s southern flank. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Derek Seifert)
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Operation Neverland: TF Black Cat and 39th ABW conduct joint training exercise (PHOTOS)

Airmen assigned to the 39th Security Forces Squadron patrol Landing Zone Eagle during a joint training event at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Nov. 22, 2021. During the training evolution, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crews assigned to the U.S. Army’s 3rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (Task Force Black Cat) teamed with 39th Air Base Wing Airmen to strengthen interagency collaboration in a variety of mission-specific simulated combat scenarios. Explosive ordnance disposal, medical and military working dog experts capitalized on TF Black Cat’s air transportation capabilities as they conducted operations to detect explosive devices, react to enemy contact, prepare wounded personnel for evacuation and provide follow-on care at fortified medical facilities. The event culminated TF Black Cat’s nine-month deployment to Incirlik AB and demonstrated the working relationships built between Army and Air Force agencies during that time. Over the last nine months, TF Black Cat has conducted numerous individual training events with the 39th Medical Group, the 39th Security Forces Squadron military working dog flight and the 39th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight. Due to the Incirlik AB’s strategic location, the 39th ABW collaborates with mission partners like Task Force Black Cat to ensure the wing is always ready to respond to a wide variety of contingency requirements in defense of NATO’s southern flank. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Derek Seifert)
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Operation Neverland: TF Black Cat and 39th ABW conduct joint training exercise (PHOTOS)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jonathan Hamilton, a military working dog handler assigned to the 39th Security Forces Squadron, provides security during a joint training event at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Nov. 22, 2021. During the training evolution, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crews assigned to the U.S. Army’s 3rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (Task Force Black Cat) teamed with 39th Air Base Wing Airmen to strengthen interagency collaboration in a variety of mission-specific simulated combat scenarios. Explosive ordnance disposal, medical and military working dog experts capitalized on TF Black Cat’s air transportation capabilities as they conducted operations to detect explosive devices, react to enemy contact, prepare wounded personnel for evacuation and provide follow-on care at fortified medical facilities. The event culminated TF Black Cat’s nine-month deployment to Incirlik AB and demonstrated the working relationships built between Army and Air Force agencies during that time. Over the last nine months, TF Black Cat has conducted numerous individual training events with the 39th Medical Group, the 39th SFS military working dog flight and the 39th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight. Due to the Incirlik AB’s strategic location, the 39th ABW collaborates with mission partners like Task Force Black Cat to ensure the wing is always ready to respond to a wide variety of contingency requirements in defense of NATO’s southern flank. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Derek Seifert)
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Operation Neverland: TF Black Cat and 39th ABW conduct joint training exercise (PHOTOS)

Airmen assigned to the 39th Security Forces Squadron exit a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and set security during a joint training event at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Nov. 22, 2021. During the training evolution, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crews assigned to the U.S. Army’s 3rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (Task Force Black Cat) teamed with 39th Air Base Wing Airmen to strengthen interagency collaboration in a variety of mission-specific simulated combat scenarios. Explosive ordnance disposal, medical and military working dog experts capitalized on TF Black Cat’s air transportation capabilities as they conducted operations to detect explosive devices, react to enemy contact, prepare wounded personnel for evacuation and provide follow-on care at fortified medical facilities. The event culminated TF Black Cat’s nine-month deployment to Incirlik AB and demonstrated the working relationships built between Army and Air Force agencies during that time. Over the last nine months, TF Black Cat has conducted numerous individual training events with the 39th Medical Group, the 39th SFS military working dog flight and the 39th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight. Due to the Incirlik AB’s strategic location, the 39th ABW collaborates with mission partners like Task Force Black Cat to ensure the wing is always ready to respond to a wide variety of contingency requirements in defense of NATO’s southern flank. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Derek Seifert)
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Operation Neverland: TF Black Cat and 39th ABW conduct joint training exercise (PHOTOS)

U.S. Army Cpl. Odion Redwood, a door gunner assigned to the assigned to the U.S. Army’s 3rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (Task Force Black Cat), looks out of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a joint training event at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Nov. 22, 2021. During the training evolution, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crews assigned to the TF Black Cat teamed with 39th Air Base Wing Airmen to strengthen interagency collaboration in a variety of mission-specific simulated combat scenarios. Explosive ordnance disposal, medical and military working dog experts capitalized on TF Black Cat’s air transportation capabilities as they conducted operations to detect explosive devices, react to enemy contact, prepare wounded personnel for evacuation and provide follow-on care at fortified medical facilities. The event culminated TF Black Cat’s nine-month deployment to Incirlik AB and demonstrated the working relationships built between Army and Air Force agencies during that time. Over the last nine months, TF Black Cat has conducted numerous individual training events with the 39th Medical Group, the 39th Security Forces Squadron military working dog flight and the 39th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight. Due to the Incirlik AB’s strategic location, the 39th ABW collaborates with mission partners like Task Force Black Cat to ensure the wing is always ready to respond to a wide variety of contingency requirements in defense of NATO’s southern flank. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Derek Seifert)
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Operation Neverland: TF Black Cat and 39th ABW conduct joint training exercise (PHOTOS)

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the U.S. Army’s 3rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (Task Force Black Cat) flies during a joint training event at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Nov. 22, 2021. During the training evolution, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crews assigned to the TF Black Cat teamed with 39th Air Base Wing Airmen to strengthen interagency collaboration in a variety of mission-specific simulated combat scenarios. Explosive ordnance disposal, medical and military working dog experts capitalized on TF Black Cat’s air transportation capabilities as they conducted operations to detect explosive devices, react to enemy contact, prepare wounded personnel for evacuation and provide follow-on care at fortified medical facilities. The event culminated TF Black Cat’s nine-month deployment to Incirlik AB and demonstrated the working relationships built between Army and Air Force agencies during that time. Over the last nine months, TF Black Cat has conducted numerous individual training events with the 39th Medical Group, the 39th Security Forces Squadron military working dog flight and the 39th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight. Due to the Incirlik AB’s strategic location, the 39th ABW collaborates with mission partners like Task Force Black Cat to ensure the wing is always ready to respond to a wide variety of contingency requirements in defense of NATO’s southern flank. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Derek Seifert)
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Operation Neverland: TF Black Cat and 39th ABW conduct joint training exercise (PHOTOS)

Airmen assigned to the 39th Security Forces Squadron talk on the flight line before boarding a UH-60 Black Hawk during a joint training event at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Nov. 22, 2021. During the training evolution, Black Hawk helicopter crews assigned to the U.S. Army’s 3rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (Task Force Black Cat) teamed with 39th Air Base Wing Airmen to strengthen interagency collaboration in a variety of mission-specific simulated combat scenarios. Explosive ordnance disposal, medical and military working dog experts capitalized on TF Black Cat’s air transportation capabilities as they conducted operations to detect explosive devices, react to enemy contact, prepare wounded personnel for evacuation and provide follow-on care at fortified medical facilities. The event culminated TF Black Cat’s nine-month deployment to Incirlik AB and demonstrated the working relationships built between Army and Air Force agencies during that time. Over the last nine months, TF Black Cat has conducted numerous individual training events with the 39th Medical Group, the 39th SFS military working dog flight and the 39th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight. Due to the Incirlik AB’s strategic location, the 39th ABW collaborates with mission partners like Task Force Black Cat to ensure the wing is always ready to respond to a wide variety of contingency requirements in defense of NATO’s southern flank. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Derek Seifert)
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Operation Neverland: TF Black Cat and 39th ABW conduct joint training exercise

Airmen assigned to the 39th Security Forces Squadron and 39th Medical Group prepare a simulated casualty for medical evacuation during a joint training event at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Nov. 22, 2021. During the training evolution, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crews assigned to the U.S. Army’s 3rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division (Task Force Black Cat) teamed with 39th Air Base Wing Airmen to strengthen interagency collaboration in a variety of mission-specific simulated combat scenarios. Explosive ordnance disposal, medical and military working dog experts capitalized on TF Black Cat’s air transportation capabilities as they conducted operations to detect explosive devices, react to enemy contact, prepare wounded personnel for evacuation and provide follow-on care at fortified medical facilities. The event culminated TF Black Cat’s nine-month deployment to Incirlik AB and demonstrated the working relationships built between Army and Air Force agencies during that time. Over the last nine months, TF Black Cat has conducted numerous individual training events with the 39th MDG, the 39th SFS military working dog flight and the 39th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight. Due to the Incirlik AB’s strategic location, the 39th ABW collaborates with mission partners like Task Force Black Cat to ensure the wing is always ready to respond to a wide variety of contingency requirements in defense of NATO’s southern flank. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Derek Seifert)
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Incirlik AB, born and raised

LEFT PHOTO: Airman 1st Class Strohm Southwell, an ambulance services medical technician assigned to the 39th Health Care Operations Squadron, and his mother Yasemin Southwell pose for a photo at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. RIGHT PHOTO: Strohm with his father, Michael Southwell, the 39th Medical Group network administrator, and his mother, Yasemin, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, April 29, 2021. Strohm has the unique opportunity to work with his father at the 39th Medical Group, the same facility in which he was born. Due to his father’s military and Department of Defense service and his mother’s cultural background as a Turkish national, Strohm has spent the majority of his life at Incirlik AB and speaks Turkish fluently, which helps him communicate with his local counterparts and patients. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Angulo)
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Incirlik AB, born and raised

Airman 1st Class Strohm Southwell, an ambulance services medical technician assigned to the 39th Health Care Operations Squadron, checks a patient’s blood pressure at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Oct. 4, 2021. Southwell has the unique opportunity to work with his father at the 39th Medical Group, the same facility in which he was born. Due to his father’s military and Department of Defense service and his mother’s cultural background as a Turkish national, Southwell has spent the majority of his life at Incirlik AB and speaks Turkish fluently, which helps him communicate with his local counterparts and patients. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Angulo)
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Incirlik AB, born and raised

Airman 1st Class Strohm Southwell, an ambulance services medical technician assigned to the 39th Health Care Operations Squadron, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Oct. 4, 2021. Southwell has the unique opportunity to work with his father at the 39th Medical Group, the same facility in which he was born. Due to his father’s military and Department of Defense service and his mother’s cultural background as a Turkish national, Southwell has spent the majority of his life at Incirlik AB and speaks Turkish fluently, which helps him communicate with his local counterparts and patients. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Angulo)
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Incirlik AB, born and raised

Airman 1st Class Strohm Southwell, an ambulance services medical technician assigned to the 39th Health Care Operations Squadron, performs an equipment check at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Oct. 4, 2021. Southwell has the unique opportunity to work with his father at the 39th Medical Group, the same facility in which he was born. Due to his father’s military and Department of Defense service and his mother’s cultural background as a Turkish national, Southwell has spent the majority of his life at Incirlik AB and speaks Turkish fluently, which helps him communicate with his local counterparts and patients. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Angulo)
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Incirlik AB, born and raised

Airman 1st Class Strohm Southwell (left), an ambulance services medical technician assigned to the 39th Health Care Operations Squadron, and his father Michael Southwell, the 39th Medical Group network administrator, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Oct. 4, 2021. Strohm has the unique opportunity to work with his father at the 39th Medical Group, the same facility in which he was born. Due to his father’s military and DOD service and his mother’s cultural background as a Turkish national, Strohm has spent the majority of his life at Incirlik AB and speaks Turkish fluently, which helps him communicate with his local counterparts and patients. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Angulo)
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Incirlik Air Base celebrates U.S. Air Force's 74 year legacy of excellence

First Lt. Crystal St. Germain, 39th Logistics Readiness Squadron Materiel Management Flight commander, sings during the Air Force birthday gala at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Sept. 18, 2021. The 39th Air Base Wing’s leadership team hosted the gala to celebrate the Air Force’s 74-year legacy of excellence. From humble beginnings in 1947, the service stands on the shoulders of great Airmen who have helped build the world's greatest air force, as well as credibility and trust for our nation and allies.(U.S. Air Force photo Staff Sgt. Dhruv Gopinath)
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Incirlik Air Base celebrates U.S. Air Force's 74 year legacy of excellence

Col. Jason Gingrich, 39th Air Base Wing commander, gives closing remarks during the Air Force birthday gala at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Sept. 18, 2021.Gingrich and the rest of the 39th ABW’s leadership team hosted the gala to celebrate the Air Force’s 74-year legacy of excellence. From humble beginnings in 1947, the service stands on the shoulders of great Airmen who have helped build the world's greatest air force, as well as credibility and trust for our nation and allies.(U.S. Air Force photo Staff Sgt. Dhruv Gopinath)
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Incirlik Air Base celebrates U.S. Air Force's 74 year legacy of excellence

Col. Jason Gingrich (center), 39th Air Base Wing commander, and Airman Gabriel Wright (left), a systems technician assigned to the 39th Communications Squadron, perform a cake cutting ceremony during the Air Force birthday gala at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Sept. 18, 2021.Gingrich and the rest of the 39th ABW’s leadership team hosted the gala to celebrate the Air Force’s 74-year legacy of excellence. From humble beginnings in 1947, the service stands on the shoulders of great Airmen who have helped build the world's greatest air force, as well as credibility and trust for our nation and allies. (U.S. Air Force photo Staff Sgt. Dhruv Gopinath)
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