Air Force Features

Aug. 29, 2023
AFCENT, coalition partners integrate during Agile Spartan

U.S. Air Forces Central successfully concluded Operation Agile Spartan 23.2 Aug. 26, showcasing the power of collective military efforts and a proactive approach to combat readiness.
Nov. 14, 2022
AFSOC conducts live-fire exercise with Rapid Dragon

During SOCEUR exercise ATREUS 22-4, two MC-130J Commando IIs assigned to the 352nd Special Operations Wing flew the Rapid Dragon package to a Royal Norwegian Air Force training range and deployed it over the Atlantic Ocean.
June 15, 2021
Royal Danish Air Force brings deployment tradition to Shaw AFB

With 49 years of tradition in the making, the Royal Danish Air Force hosted their first Danish Contingent, or DANCON, march on U.S. soil at Shaw Air Force Base, June 5.
Oct. 19, 2020
Orange Flag brings test data to warfighter

Orange Flag is an exercise born from a need to maximize resources across air, land, sea, space and cyber domains to include joint and coalition forces. The exercise aims to bring test as close as possible to the warfighter through combat relevant testing early in the development cycle.
July 17, 2019
Al Udeid AB drives largest sustainment airdrop in CENTCOM history

The drop delivered more than 166,000 pounds of food, supplies and fuel to U.S. and coalition forces throughout the region in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.
March 14, 2019
F-16s provide essential support to US, coalition forces in Afghanistan

During a recent raid on a terrorist stronghold in a remote Afghan village, U.S. ground forces came under enemy fire. They called for close air support, and shortly thereafter, an F-16 Fighting Falcon dropped munitions to eliminate the threat.
March 7, 2017
TAAC-Air Shindand visit leads to Afghan Air Force cost savings

Advisors with Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air traveled to Shindand Air Wing, Herat, Afghanistan, to meet with Afghan Air Force wing leaders on March 1, 2017.
March 3, 2017
20th FW kicks off Red Flag 17-2 at Nellis

The U.S. Air Force’s two-week premier air-to-air combat training exercise Red Flag 17-2 began Feb. 27, 2017 and will conclude March 10.Held multiple times each year on the vast bombing and gunnery ranges of the 2.9 million acre Nevada Test and Training Range, Red Flag is a realistic combat training
Feb. 16, 2017
Red Flag 17-1 pushes domain, fifth-gen integration

As coalition pilots, intelligence analysts, and cyber and space operators convene at the Nevada Test and Training Range north of Las Vegas, for Red Flag 17-1, they have one goal in mind: work together to defeat the adversary, which at times is 20 living adversaries simultaneously working to attack
May 7, 2014
Coalition forces aid in humanitarian efforts

A team of coalition forces assisted the Afghan government with humanitarian efforts in the Badakhshan province this week.

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