245th ATCS supports Shaw AFB tower operations

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Franklin Kelly, NCOIC of electrical power production, and Tech. Sgt. Michael Long, a heating/airconditioning and ventilation craftsman, both from the 245th Air Traffic Control Squadron at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina Air National Guard, perform an electrical continuity check on an airconditioning system supporting the 245th ATCS mobile tower set up at Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter, S.C., June 13, 2013. The 245th ATCS sent personnel to Shaw to set up and train Shaw's controllers on operating the mobile tower while renovations are being made to their control tower. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Edward Snyder/Released)

245th ATCS mobile tower at Shaw Air Force Base

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. David Kaylor, an air traffic controller with the 245th Air Traffic Control Squadron at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina Air National Guard, works in the 245th's mobile tower set up at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter S.C., with Tech. Sgt. Keith Wilbur, air traffic control watch supervisor with the 20th Operations Support Squadron at Shaw AFB, June 13, 2013. The 245th sent a team of ATCS personnel to Shaw to set up and train Shaw's controllers on operating the mobile tower while renovations are being made to their control tower. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Caycee Watson/Released)

169th Services Flight - Single Palletized Expeditionary Kitchen

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Luis Sanchez, a services specialist with the 169th Services Flight at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina Air National Guard, serves food from the Single Palletized Expeditionary Kitchen during the June Unit Training Assembly Readiness Exercise, June 1, 2013. The SPEK is set up for flight line personnel, who can't afford the time to travel to the base dining facility, to have quick access to a hot meal. Members of the 169th Fighter Wing are preparing for a Certified Readiness Evaluation, which evaluates a unit's ability to process personnel and equipment from home station to a deployed location safely and efficiently, then operate and launch missions in a chemical combat environment. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Caycee Watson/Released)

169th Services Flight - Single Palletized Expeditionary Kitchen

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Denise Bhola, the food services shift leader with the 169th Services Flight at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina Air National Guard, pours hot water into the rations heater in Single Palletized Expeditionary Kitchen, June 1, 2013. The SPEK is set up for flight line personnel, who can't afford the time to travel to the base dining facility, to have quick access to a hot meal during the June Unit Training Assembly Readiness Exercise. Members of the 169th Fighter Wing are preparing for a Certified Readiness Evaluation, which evaluates a unit's ability to process personnel and equipment from home station to a deployed location safely and efficiently, then operate and launch missions in a chemical combat environment. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Caycee Watson/Released)

245th ATCS Readiness Exercise

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgts. Donathan Rose and Michael Burgess from the 245th Air Traffic Control Squadron of the South Carolina Air National Guard, track the units operations while under a simulated rocket attack during a Readiness Exercise at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., May 5, 2013. The 245th ATCS is reacting to a simulated a rocket attack while conducting a Readiness Exercise in preparation for their unit Readiness Inspection. This exercise will test their ability to deploy, survive and operate in a chemical, biological, radioactive, and nuclear environment. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jorge Intriago/Released)

245th ATCS Readiness Exercise

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. David Kaylor with the 245th Air Traffic Control Squadron, South Carolina Air National Guard at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, works to set up an antenna needed for the mobile tower during the squadron's Readiness Exercise May 3, 2013. The 245th is preparing for their upcoming Readiness Inspection later this year. Personnel are evaluated on their ability deploy to a bare-base environment and setting up ATC operations timely and efficiently. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Caycee Watson/Released)