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  • 20th SFS hits the ground running in first-ever Sentinel Seed exercise

    The roar of helicopter blades cuts through the biting December air as U.S. Air Force 20th Security Forces Squadron Defenders touched down at the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range in Sumter. Their mission: to establish a robust defense of a contingency location during the first-ever multi-day Sentinel

  • Robins’ 53rd CAOS, USMC participate in joint airfield exercise

    Joint military exercises involving multiple U.S. military branches play an important role in strengthening our national security and maintaining readiness. Such was the case for the collaboration between the U.S. Air Force’s 53rd Combat Airfield Operations Squadron from Robins Air Force Base,

  • Multinational military exercise Resolute Sentinel 2024 kicks off

    The multinational military exercise Resolute Sentinel 2024 sponsored by U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) marks the beginning of a comprehensive joint training opportunity at Grupo 4 in La Joya, Peru. RS24 aims at enhancing regional security and interoperability among Peru, Colombia, Ecuador,

  • Shaw AFB leads the way with MCA course

    The MCA course provided 20th FW Airmen of various ranks from career fields such as maintenance, civil engineering and administrative services, a thorough training in support of the ACE model.

  • Mississippi Guard hosts Southern Strike exercise

    The U.S. Air Force’s newest concepts, Agile Combat Employment, is the focus of the Southern Strike 2023 exercise at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center. F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, supported the large-scale, joint and international

  • Sky Shield IV: AUAB hones strategic mission capabilities

    The 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, along with the Qatar Emiri Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps, participated in Sky Shield IV, Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central)’s first major training event of 2022, Jan. 23-25, 2022.

  • “Repetition, diligence, focus,” Al Udeid improves readiness posture

    For four days, Feb. 14-17, and with the participation of coalition partners from the Royal Air Force and Qatar Emiri Air Force, personnel assigned to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing transformed the modern-day saying “stay ready so you don’t have to get ready,” from a concept to reality during Grand

  • More than just US; Tyndall supports international training missions

    The 308th Fighter Squadron traveled to Tyndall to finish six student pilots’ basic course training on the F-35A Lightning II as well as continue training programs for transitional students and instructor pilots. The 308th FS training organization is unique as it caters to both domestic and foreign

  • SFS practices expeditionary skills in joint training

    The 20th Security Forces Squadron conducted a two-day joint exercise focusing on expeditionary skills at McCrady Training Center. To provide a unique approach to the exercise, SFS coordinated with the South Carolina Army National Guard to provide transportation to the training area in a UH-60

  • Air Force discusses modernization of operational C2 systems

    The 505th Command and Control Wing hosted a team from the 700th Air Support Squadron, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, to familiarize the wing’s units to the Kessel Run All-Domain Operations Suite, or KRADOS, operational command and control tools and discuss the modernization of operational C2

  • Red Flag 21-3 uses Joint Training to Enhance Interoperability

    Red Flag exercises have been around for 46 years, and the concept was created to tactically train fighter pilots. Through these exercises, multiple coalition forces and joint sister services come together three times a year to train in a simulated, safe environment with threat-replicating aircraft.

  • Air Force, Army EOD joint training

    Explosive Ordnance Disposal team members, assigned to the 734th Explosive Ordnance Company EOD at Fort Bliss, Texas, participated in a joint training exercise with the 49th Civil Engineer Squadron EOD flight at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. Feb. 14, 2017.

  • Airmen train Marines prior to deployment

    The fuel line was quickly secured to the bottom of the F-15E Strike Eagle parked on the flight line at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The Airman looked over at the R-11 aircraft refueling vehicle and gave the member standing by the truck a thumbs-up. The man turned knobs on the