Airman 1st Class Christopher Smith, 52nd Combat

Airman 1st Class Christopher Smith, 52nd Combat Communications Squadron cyber systems operations technician, uncoils cable for a radio frequencies kit during VIGILANT SHIELD 15 at 5 Wing Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, Oct. 18, 2014. The mission of the 52nd CBCS is to provide communications infrastructure to the organizations participating in the field training exercise portion of VIGILANT SHIELD. VIGILANT SHIELD field training exercise is a bi-national NORAD Command exercise which provides realistic training and practice for American and Canadian forces in support of respective national strategy for North America’s defense. NORAD ensures U.S. and Canadian air sovereignty through a network of alert fighters, tankers, airborne early warning aircraft, and ground based air defense assets cued by interagency and defense surveillance radars. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Justin Wright)