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  • Bamboo Eagle Enhances Readiness for the 393rd

    Warfighters from the 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron and coalition partners from the Royal Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force recently completed Exercise Bamboo Eagle, an advanced training exercise designed to test their capabilities in a contested environment.

  • Global Unity: US, Australia, Canada and UK

    In an era defined by rapid technology advancements and with a worldwide platform saturated with Great Power Competition, the Distributed Mission Operations Center on Kirtland Air Force Base, hosted its Virtual Flag: Coalition exercise, Oct. 21 - Nov. 4.

  • Bamboo Eagle 24-3: USAFWC’s Approach To Great Power Competition

    The U.S. Air Force Warfare Center began the second iteration of exercise Bamboo Eagle on Aug. 2, marking the beginning of an eight-day exercise spanning various locations across the western United States, designated sea and airspace in the eastern Pacific, and several virtual and constructive

  • The 552nd ACW ensures interoperability at Cope North 24

    Air Combat Command's, 552nd Air Control Wing, Tinker Air Force, participated in one of Air Force’s largest annual multilateral exercises Feb. 4-23 in Guam and surrounding islands with participants from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S Marine Corps, Japan Air Self-Defense Force and the Royal

  • 388th Fighter Wing and RAAF integrate F-35A maintenance at Red Flag 24-1

    Maintainers from the 388th Fighter Wing, 421st Fighter Generation Squadron, and 3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) recently joined forces at Red Flag 24-1, at Nellis Air Force Base, for bilateral maintenance training centered around the F-35A. The primary objective was to allow both

  • Bamboo Eagle’s first flight

    The U.S. Air Force Warfare Center’s first iteration of Bamboo Eagle began on Jan. 26. The eight-day exercise will take place in various locations across the United States as well as designated sea and airspace in the eastern Pacific.

  • Nellis begins Red Flag 24-1

    On January 15 over 30 units from across the U.S. Department of Defense, the Royal Air Force, and the Royal Australian Air Force will converge at Nellis for the start of Red Flag 24-1.

  • Reprogramming on the edge at Northern Edge 23-1

    The 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing "Crows" took flight north to participate in Northern Edge 23-1 (NE 23-1), where they supported reprogramming requirements for aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marines as they exercised together with international partners in Alaska featuring more than 150

  • Red Flag-Nellis 23-1 kicks off

    The first Red Flag-Nellis exercise of 2023 is underway. Close to 100 aircraft and 3,000 coalition service members have arrived to participate in the large force air combat training exercise centered on readiness and interoperability between joint and allied forces.

  • Female commanders leading hunt at exercise

    Units from across the world are currently participating in exercise Resolute Hunter, a multi-national and joint service exercise taking place through Nov. 18, 2022, at Naval Air Station Fallon.

  • Here comes the bang

    The 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group hosts a Weapons System Evaluation Program almost monthly at Tyndall Air Force Base. The 325th Munitions Squadron prepares all the munitions for each of these exercises, which usually involve one or two units. WSEP-East 22.08, held May 9-20, 2022, pushed the unit to

  • Australian, New Zealand JTACs train at Moody

    Members of the Royal Australian Air Force, Australian Army and New Zealand Army recently spent time training here at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. In order to effectively build communication and strengthen mission success, both ally nations sent Joint Terminal Attack Controller teams to train with

  • Whales & Tales

    It’s not every day you get the opportunity to shadow the crew of an E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System Aircraft. During Red Flag 22-1 my colleague, Meagan Hannon, and I had the chance to experience a day in the life of a 964th Airborne Air Control Squadron member. The advanced aerial exercise

  • Red Flag-Nellis 22-1 kicks off with allied forces

    Nearly 100 aircraft and 3,000 personnel have arrived at Nellis Air Force Base to participate in the first Red Flag exercise of 2022. Aimed at providing realistic training and increasing combat effectiveness, the exercise will run from Jan. 24 to Feb. 11.

  • Glass Titan mission team earns Air Force award

    The Glass Titan Mission team was on the crew bus headed to their jet to conduct a mission, when their mission commander flagged them down and said, “change of plans; you have two hours to prepare.” It’s flexibility like that as well as rapid global mobility, unwavering endurance, precise mission

  • Nellis and RAAF team up to support Australia wildfire relief

    Members of the Royal Australian Air Force and Nellis Air Force Base teamed up to load more than 50 bundles of fire suppressant and other critical firefighting equipment onto three RAAF C-17s so it could be delivered to the Australian Emergency authorities and Rural Fire Service.

  • 552nd Air Control Wing integrates with Australia

    Time zones couldn’t stop the 552nd Air Control Wing from visiting the Royal Australian Air Force in September 2019. During their week-long visit, the 960th AACS and RAAF had the opportunity to conduct a joint flying mission.