A U.S. Air Force special tactics Airman from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Airlift Wing measures the guide slope of the runway at Henry E. Rohlsen Airport near Christiansted in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Aug. 26, 2025 as part of Emerald Warrior 25.2, a large-scale special operations exercise being staged in multiple locations by Air Force Special Operations Command. The Airman is among a group of combat controllers and pararescuemen who parachuted into the airfield minutes earlier from a Kentucky Air Guard C-130J Super Hercules. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)