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  • Adapt, overcome, conquer: Iron Hand 24-06

    At Shaw Air Force Base, the 20th Fighter Wing teaches, trains, and performs every day in missions and exercises such as Iron Hand, forging a culture of commitment, courage, and mastery.

  • 726 ACS proves new deployment strategy

    The 726th Air Control Squadron (ACS) “Hardrock” is ready to roll out a new deployment strategy after a two-week long agile combat employment exercise, August 19 - 30, 2024.

  • Air Combat Command wraps up AGILE FLAG 24-1

    The 4th Fighter Wing from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, completed its Air Force Force Generation, or AFFORGEN, certification event Feb. 3, closing out AGILE FLAG 24-1, Air Combat Command’s first iteration of this exercise for 2024.  

  • Exercise AGILE BLIZZARD-UNIFIED VISION phase 2, Alaska

    Exercise AGILE BLIZZARD-UNIFIED VISION phase 2, an arctic based Agile Combat Employment exercise, took place June 10-13, 2023, providing the 55th and 35th Combat Communications Squadrons, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, and 52nd Network Warfare Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska the

  • 9th Reconnaissance Wing and 55th Wing Conduct Dragon Flag EAST Exercise

    Approximately 60 Airmen and 1 U-2S Dragon Lady from the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., repositioned to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, to further develop the wing’s readiness capabilities via Dragon Flag EAST, Mar. 25. In accordance with the National Defense Strategy, this

  • 380th AEW supports ACE exercise “Agile Tuskegee”

    The 380th Air Expeditionary Wing supported and participated in exercise “Agile Tuskegee” July 12-13, Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The exercise, led by Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central), demonstrates the flexibility of U.S. airpower assets and its interoperability with partner nations

  • Northern Agility 22-1 Begins in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

    Airmen from the 127th Wing, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, kick off Northern Agility 22-1, a total-force Agile Combat Employment exercise led by the Michigan Air National Guard. The exercise will showcase A-10 Thunderbolt II, Air Force Special Operations Command MC-12W, C-145A, C-146A

  • Search and Rescue: taking survival skillsets to new heights

    U.S. Air Force members from the 563rd Rescue Group forward deployed to Camp Navajo, Arizona, from Jan. 24-28, 2022, to complete cold weather survival training while implementing agile combat employment by operating and flying out of a contingency location at a higher elevation of about 7,100 feet.

  • RSAF, USAF conduct combined operations in KSA

    In the desert skies above Taif’s King Fahad Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Airmen from the 378th Air Expeditionary Wing integrated with Royal Saudi Air Forces to execute a combined training exercise. Conducting combined air-to-air training, the exercise allowed both nations to further cultivate

  • Prime BEEF exercise develops agile, multi-capable Airmen at Nellis

    In steps to innovate and modernize the Department of Defense, approximately 200 Airmen assigned to the 99th Civil Engineer Squadron’s Prime Base Engineer Emergency Forces participated in an Agile Combat Employment exercise Nov. 8-10, 2021, at Camp Cobra in Area II of Nellis Air Force Base.

  • 319 LRS trains multi-capable Airmen

    The 319th Logistics Readiness Squadron held a training exercise on Oct. 16 and Oct. 18, 2021, to enhance squadron readiness. The two-part exercise employed the Agile Combat Employment (ACE) concept, which focuses on growing multi-capable Airmen that can accomplish tasks outside of their career field

  • 357th FS executes Agile Dragon

    Airmen from the 355th Wing participated in exercise Agile Dragon at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, May 21 – 27, 2021. 100 Airmen from the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base deployed eight U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt IIs to execute agile combat employment principles in simulated real-world scenarios.

  • 34th Fighter Generation Squadron completes Agile Combat Employment exercise

    From April 27-30, Airmen from the 34th Fighter Squadron and 34th Fighter Generation Squadron completed an Agile Combat Employment (ACE) Exercise, designed to prepare Airmen to rapidly forward-deploy fighters and operate from a forward base. Pilots and maintainers from the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill

  • Moody completes first agile combat employment exercise

    After more than a year of planning, the 23d Wing recently executed Mosaic Tiger 21-1 – their first agile combat employment exercise. During the weeklong exercise, Moody functioned as the lead wing for approximately 800 Airmen from across seven wings in four major commands to create a baseline for

  • 20th FW MCAT tackles ACE at JBC

    Airmen from the 79th Fighter and Fighter Generation Squadrons, also known as the Tigers, in addition to the 20th Logistics Readiness, Component Maintenance, Operations Support and Equipment Maintenance Squadrons, simulated a forward operating base during an agile combat employment exercise at Joint

  • A historian to remember

    A woman sporting a black shirt and joggers with short brown hair held in place with silver butterfly hair pins scribbles away in a bright red notebook. Standing there, in a patch of grass, she places her hand over her brow to block the sun from her eyes. As she looks around she finds herself

  • USAF, RSAF conduct Exercise Desert Eagle in CENTCOM AOR

    Members of the 378th Air Expeditionary Wing performed a hot pit refuel of F-15E Strike Eagles from the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, following a large formation flight in support of Exercise Desert Eagle at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sept. 10, 2020.

  • Mobil Tiger V tests Airmen capabilities

    Team Moody hosted Mobil Tiger V for multi-capable Airmen to expand their skills Aug. 12 - Aug. 13, here.Mobil Tiger is an agile combat employment exercise designed to integrate critical expeditionary skills from several functional areas to accomplish missions downrange with minimal resources.