A combat controller from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron observes a 33rd Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter land during Remote Island Disaster Exercise 2021 at Ukibaru Island, Japan, Nov. 2, 2021. The mission of a CCT is to deploy into austere environments and establish assault zones, or airfields, while simultaneously conducting air traffic control. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Stephen Pulter)