Reserve/Guard Rivet Joint sortie
Lt. Col Brian Ross, 238th Combat Training Squadron, director of operations, briefs Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve personnel prior to flying a sortie in the RC-135 Rivet Joint, at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska April 6, 2025. The sortie was the first time that the 49th Intelligence Squadron, Air Force Reserve Command, and the 238th Reconnaissance Squadron, Nebraska Air National Guard, flew primarily without the assistance of active-duty members. (D.P. Heard)