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  • From the ground up: How 728th BMCS is shaping future of C2

    When an E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft failed to launch during a key mission during a recent exercise, it could have meant the loss of real-time command and control for a multinational force conducting complex air operations.

  • Air Force, Army shaping the future of C2, together

    Project Convergence Capstone 5 is a large-scale military modernization experiment for the future of warfare. It focuses on the continued integration of joint and multi-national layered air and missile defense systems.

  • Airmen hone skills in high-end fight during exercise Bamboo Eagle

    The skies above the western United States buzzed with activity recently as Airmen from across multiple wings participated in exercise Bamboo Eagle 25-1, a large-force training event designed to challenge units to generate airpower in a contested environment.

  • U.S. facilitates Philippine Air Force AOC, ISR training

    At the request of the government of the Philippines, the 505th Training Squadron located at Hurlburt Field, Florida, sent a team of U.S. Air Force Air Operations Center Formal Training Unit instructors to Villamor Air Base, Philippines, from Aug. 10-19. The instructors trained twenty-eight members

  • US facilitates Japan AOC C2 training

    Three years in the making, the 505th Training Squadron fulfilled a request by the government of Japan to assist with understanding how an air operations center plans and executes and how to build instructional standards to enable airpower at the operational level of war.

  • 7th Reconnaissance Squadron supports NATO's eastern flank operations

    The 7th Reconnaissance Squadron, a geographically separated unit under the 319th Reconnaissance Wing at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, is the largest tenant command located at Naval Air Station Sigonella on the island of Sicily, Italy. The 7th RS includes over 190 personnel, from across

  • ShOC-N to host Industry Day, dynamic targeting focus

    The 805th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Shadow Operations Center – Nellis, will host an Industry Day focusing on dynamic targeting and kill-chain automation experimentation on June 9, 2023, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

  • AOC FTU reopens for initial qualification training

    Undertaking the largest modernization of Air Operations Center initial qualification training in the history of the unit, the 505th Training Squadron has reopened its doors for students to attend training.

  • Kessel Run’s C2IMERA featured at RED FLAG

    Close to 100 aircraft and 3,000 coalition service members participated in RED FLAG-Nellis 23-1, a large force air combat training exercise centered on readiness and interoperability between joint and allied forces. This iteration focused on the Indo-Pacific theater and the pacing challenge,

  • AF supports joint exercise to modernize tactical C2 capabilities

    The 505th Command and Control Wing supported the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center’s assessment of forward edge battle management command and control capabilities to advance the Department of Defense’s Joint All Domain Command and Control, or JADC2, concept during exercise Project

  • Shadow Operations Center-Nellis Industry Open House

    The 805th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Shadow Operations Center-Nellis, aims to increase synchronization with industry partners to improve command and control systems and processes as part of the Advanced Battle Management System, or ABMS, during the ShOC-N Industry Open House event,

  • Exercise VIRTUAL FLAG: Battle Management begins Aug. 15

    The 705th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Distributed Mission Operations Center, will execute exercise VIRTUAL FLAG in a synthetic, theater-level, joint combat environment ensuring joint operational and tactical warfighters’ readiness, Aug. 15.

  • 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

  • VCSAF Visits the SHOC-N Battlelab

    The Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, Gen. David Allvin, visited the 505th Command and Control Wing’s Howard Hughes Operations, or H2O, facility in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, Aug. 28. H2O is part of the 805th Combat Training Squadron’s Shadow Operations Center – Nellis

  • New USAFWC commander’s first visit to 505th CCW

    After assuming command of the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, not five days ago, Maj. Gen. Case Cunningham's first visit was to the U.S. Air Force's only wing dedicated to the core mission of command and control.

  • 1AF completes BLUE FLAG 21-1 homeland defense exercise

    Members of Continental U.S. NORAD Region (CONR) – 1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern) completed a week-long BLUE FLAG exercise May 14 focused on refining processes to defend North America against cyber, cruise missile and other air, space and cyber domains threats.

  • Operations Airmen “Accelerate Change” in ACC

    In an effort to “Accelerate Change” within Air Combat Command, Airmen from the Operations Division, Command and Control shop have effectively used automation to cut the time required to complete manning forecasts and deployment processes to seven minutes.

  • Air advisors host first virtual training with Panama partners amid COVID-19

    Air advisors with the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron are providing training for the first time using a virtual medium to members of the National Aeronaval Service of Panama, also known as SENAN, Aug. 31 through Sept. 11. Air advisors established the new training and certification process

  • 20th FW CP trains for expeditionary future

    The brain only functions as well as the system designed to carry its messages. On any given installation, there is a team of vigilant Airmen trained to be experts in dispersing vital communication to every single member of their mission.

  • 805th Combat Training Squadron; Nellis AFB’s newest squadron

    The operations center sits in a large room, filled with rows of computers, displaying a simulated combat scenario. Above different areas in the room are signs designating who sits where. Cyber, Space and Judge Advocate are just a few of the stations in the dark room. Illuminating the area in the

  • Nuclear Deterrence Operations names CGO of the Year

    Winners of the 2016 Nuclear Deterrence Operations, and Nuclear and Missile Operations Awards were announced in July 2017. Among the selected few was a 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing cyber warrior.