435th CTS hosts first full AFFORGEN Silver Flag exercise
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cody Rhodes, 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron heating, ventilation and air conditioning technician, mixes concrete in a bucket during a Silver Flag mission qualification course at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, July 27, 2023. The 435th CTS hosted a week-long field training exercise for civil engineers tasked with deployment in the Air Force Force Generation cycle to qualify them in skills such as donning gear for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear attacks; explosive ordnance disposal responses to unexploded ordinances; and airfield recovery tasks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Madelyn Keech)