Oct. 2, 2024 ShOC-N Capstone, tech experimentations to shorten the kill chain The 805th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Shadow Operations Center – Nellis (ShOC-N), executed the Capstone 24A event at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, June 24 – 28, 2024. The Department of the Air Force, major commands, and Air Force centers use the capstone series to examine scenarios
Sept. 23, 2024 F-35 Lightning II leads charge in 5th-generation warfare, strengthens global partnerships During a panel discussion at the Air & Space Forces Association's Air, Space and Cyber Conference, top Air Force leaders highlighted the transformative impact of the F-35 as a fifth-generation joint fighter.
Sept. 20, 2024 908th Flying Training Wing Hosts 2nd Annual AFRC Historian Symposium The 908th Flying Training Wing Hosts 2nd Annual AFRC Historian Symposium at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.
Sept. 20, 2024 Bamboo Eagle: ‘Upping our game’ for Great Power Competition Exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-3 integrated U.S. Airmen, Guardians, Sailors, Marines, and allies from Australia and the United Kingdom into a combined force to train for a possible conflict in the era of Great Power Competition. The exercise conducted live-fly operations in the eastern Pacific and a
Sept. 10, 2024 Air Force examines emerging tactics during Bamboo Eagle More than 10,000 personnel from the Department of Defense, the United Kingdom, and Australia participated in exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-3, a combat-representative exercise including operational test and evaluation experts from the 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron. The OT&E experts’ mission was to
Aug. 16, 2024 Hungry Hungry Halibut exercise sharpens air warfighting skills Hungry Hungry Halibut, a high-end integration air war exercise, took place on Aug. 1 and 2, 2024, providing unique opportunities to integrate various forces into multilateral training from simulated forward operating bases throughout Alaska.The 477th Fighter Group, the Air Force Reserve unit in
Aug. 16, 2024 Beale and the B-52: 307th and 2nd Bomb Wings test ACE concept in unfamiliar environment Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 307th Bomb Wing, along with their active-duty counterparts in the 2nd Bomb Wing, joined forces with the 940th Air Refueling Wing to participate in an Agile Combat Employment (ACE) exercise here Aug. 8-15.
Aug. 15, 2024 301st Fighter Wing Receives First F-35 The 301st Fighter Wing received its first F-35A Lightning II at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, on Aug. 8. This arrival marked a new era in air power for the unit and Air Force Reserve Command.
Aug. 13, 2024 Soaring Beyond Limits: 944th FW Fighter Pilot Crosses 1,000 Hour Milestone in F-35 On an otherwise routine day on Aug. 9, 2024, Reserve Citizen Airman Lt. Col. Christopher "Lube" Lowe crossed a significant milestone that only a handful of aviators in the 944th Fighter Wing have achieved—1,000 hours of flight time in the F-35 Lightning II. This accomplishment, while marked with a
July 24, 2024 307th Bomb Wing jets get innovative treatment Representatives from Boeing, SEMPRE, Northrop Grumman, Skydio, and Near Earth Autonomy demonstrated multiple technologies on the B-52 Stratofortress here, July 16.Leadership and B-52 maintainers from Air Force Global Strike Command, Air Mobility Command, and the 8th Air Force were on hand as the