Immediate Response 2019 kicks off with 512th Contingency Response Element coordination
Chief Master Sgt. Thomas Ragonese, 512th Contingency Response Squadron superintendent, 512th Airlift Wing, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, and Staff. Sgt. Nicholas Tyndal, 512th CRS communications specialist, discuss ongoing operations during the lead up to Exercise Immediate Response 2019 May 9, 2019, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. For this exercise, Ragonese is the team lead for the 512th Contingency Response Element, a unit comprised of contingency response, aerial port and logistics Reserve Citizen Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Zachary Cacicia)