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Video by Master Sgt. Eugene Crist

Airfield Operations at McLaughlin Air National Guard Base during Sentry Storm 2021

West Virginia National Guard

July 20, 2021 | 5:21

C-130H3 Hercules and C-130J Super Hercules aircraft take off from McLaughlin Air National Guard Base as part of simulated air resupply operations during Sentry Storm 2021 at Charleston, West Virginia, July 20, 2021.

Sentry Storm is a joint training environment enabling Airmen and Soldiers to exercise their skills to prevail over near-peer competitors while applying Agile Combat Employment concepts. Training events will occur at Yeager Field, Camp Branch in Logan County, Shepherd Field in Martinsburg, W.Va., and the skies over West Virginia during the week-long exercise.

Sentry Storm participants include Air National Guard, Army National Guard, Air Force Reserves, Navy, Air Force, and Civil Air Patrol units. Twenty-one aircraft to include C-130’s, C-17’s MH-60’s, A-10’s, Cessna 172, and UH-1N were employed for the training.