MST 2 Conducts Arctic Exercises

Lights from the aurora borealis blanket the night sky above tents set up by members of Mission Sustainment Team 2, Detachment 1, 27th Special Operations Mission Support Group, during an exercise at Allen Army Airfield, Alaska, November 3, 2021. Aurora borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, occur when gas emissions from the sun collide with the Earth’s magnetic fields, creating currents of charged particles, which produce colorful “curtains” of light when exposed to oxygen and nitrogen high in the Earth’s upper atmosphere. The exercise was designed to test MST 2’s capabilities in providing and sustaining operations living conditions in extreme austere environments, ensuring their place in the current great power competition. The exercise was designed to test MST 2’s capabilities in providing and sustaining operations and living conditions in austere environments, ensuring their place in the current great power competition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Storer)