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Bamboo Eagle 25-1 tests forces in a combat representative environment

Three B-2 Spirit stealth bombers prepare for departure during Exercise Bamboo Eagle at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Feb. 10, 2025. Bamboo Eagle incorporates multiple mission scenarios, preparing aircrews for complex operational challenges. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Bryson Sherard.)

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RED FLAG 21-1 kicks off

A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit, assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, lands at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Jan. 22, 2021. The 509th Bomb Wing is the lead wing in Red Flag 21-1 which uses the Air Force’s premier military training area with more than 12,000 square miles of airspace. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman Thomas Cox)

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USAFWS: Deliberate Strike Night

Maj. Charles Schellbach, 509th Weapons Squadron KC-135 pilot, Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., flies during Deliberate Strike Night over the Nevada Test and Training Range, June 16, 2016. With the purpose of DSN being to show the full-spectrum capabilities of the approximately 60 Air Force and U.S. Navy assets that are participating, planning such a complex exercise is no simple task. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kevin Tanenbaum)

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USAFWS: Deliberate Strike Night

Maj. Justin Hargrove, 509th Weapons Squadron KC-135 pilot, Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., wears the coveted United States Weapons School Graduate Patch during Deliberate Strike Night at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, June 16, 2016. At the conclusion of nearly 400 hours of graduate level academics and combat training missions, the Weapons School course comes climaxes with a week-long exercise known as Advanced Integration. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kevin Tanenbaum)

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USAFWS: Deliberate Strike Night

Two B-2 Sprit’s, assigned to the 325th Weapons Squadron, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, taxi down the runway as they prepare to takeoff during Deliberate Strike Night at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, June 16, 2016. Since the focus of DSN is on 5th Generation Stealth assets with 4th Generation Conventional assets one of the main players during the night is the B-2 Spirit. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kevin Tanenbaum)

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USAFWS: Deliberate Strike Night

A B-1 Lancer, assigned to the 34th Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, takes off during Deliberate Strike Night at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, June 16, 2016. Composed of six different missions, Advanced Integration contains one of the most dynamic pertaining to fourth and fifth Generation airframes, a night exercise known as Deliberate Strike Night. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kevin Tanenbaum)

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USAFWS: Deliberate Strike Night

Maj. Charles Schellbach, 509th Weapons Squadron KC-135 pilot, Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash,, throttles the engines of a KC-135 Stratotanker up during Deliberate Strike Night at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, June 16, 2016. Advanced Integration itself is composed of six different vulnerability periods, one of the most dynamic when it pertains to 4th and 5th Generation airframes is a night exercise known as Deliberate Strike Night. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kevin Tanenbaum)

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USAFWS: Deliberate Strike Night

A KC-135, assigned to the 509th Weapons Squadron, Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., preforms aerial refueling on an F-22 Raptor, assigned to the 433rd Weapons Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., over the Nevada Test and Training Range during the United States Air Force Weapons School’s Deliberate Strike Night, June 16, 2016. DSN is part of the final seven day Advanced Integration portion of the Weapons School curriculum; testing stealth and conventional airframes abilities to conduct attacks during the hours after the sun sets. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kevin Tanenbaum)

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USAFWS: Deliberate Strike Night

An F-15 Strike Eagle, assigned to the 433rd Weapons Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., is refueled in-air during Deliberate Strike Night over the Nevada Test and Training Range, June 16, 2016. With approximately 60 airframes working together serve to accomplish DSN focus of Air Force low-observable and conventional platforms deliberately targeting an adversary’s simulated IADS in an antiaccess, area denial scenario. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kevin Tanenbaum)

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USAFWS: Deliberate Strike Night

An F-22 Raptor, assigned to the 433rd Weapons Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., flies as it is refueled in-air during Deliberate Strike Night over the Nevada Test and Training Range, June 16, 2016. DSN fits into the bigger picture of the Advanced Integration portion of the weapons school curriculum by testing stealth and conventional airframes abilities to conduct attacks during the hours after the sun sets. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kevin Tanenbaum)

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USAFWS: Deliberate Strike Night

An F-22 Raptor, assigned to the 433rd Weapons Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., prepares to be refueled during Deliberate Strike Night over the Nevada Test and Training Range, June 16, 2016. This focus makes DSN a distinctive part of Advanced Integration and the unique training of the select Airmen who earn the coveted Weapons School patch and who ensure the air superiority of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kevin Tanenbaum)

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USAFWS: Deliberate Strike Night

Tech. Sgt. Gerald Sanders, 509th Weapons Squadron Boom Operator, Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., prepares to refuel an aircraft during Deliberate Strike Night over the Nevada Test and Training Range, June 16, 2016. One of the most important planned aspects of DSN is holding the exercise during hours of darkness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kevin Tanenbaum)

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