Sept. 17, 2021 84th RADES members support search and rescue mission resulting in two lives saved Arizona emergency responders were able to quickly locate a small plane which crashed in a sparsely populated area near Amado, Arizona, on Aug. 2, thanks in large part to the combined work of Civil Air Patrol’s volunteer National Radar Analysis Team.
Sept. 15, 2021 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.
Sept. 1, 2021 Accelerating Change: 505th CCW trains 20th FW staff on ACE C2 The 505th Command and Control Wing completed its third iteration of Agile Combat Employment command and control training with the 20th Fighter Wing at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, in preparation for the 20th FW’s execution of Exercise IRON HAND in late August.
Aug. 27, 2021 Air Force declares TACP mobile communications system ‘combat ready’ The U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command recently declared the initial operational capability for the tactical air control party mobile communications system Block 2 system ‘combat ready’ at the recommendation of the 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida.
Aug. 13, 2021 505th Command and Control Wing Supports Navy Large Scale Exercise 21 U.S. Airmen from the 505th Combat Training Squadron and the 505th Communications Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla., are supporting the U.S. Navy Large Scale Exercise 21 – the biggest U.S. Navy exercise in a generation, according to Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday, July 28 - August 16.
July 20, 2021 505th Command and Control Wing welcomes new commander The 505th Command and Control Wing bid farewell to Col. Richard Dickens and welcomed Col. Frederick “Trey” Coleman in a change of command ceremony on July 16 at Hurlburt Field, Florida.
June 28, 2021 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.
June 18, 2021 Cunningham returns to Nellis to take command of U.S. Air Force Warfare Center Maj. Gen. Case Cunningham took command of the United States Air Force Warfare Center from Maj. Gen. Charles Corcoran in the Thunderbirds Hangar June 18, 2021.
June 14, 2021 The ShOC-N: Bringing the ABMS future faster Effective communication is key to success in any business, but in the business of national defense, it can be the difference between mission success or failure.
May 7, 2021 DoD tests CBRN Aircrew Protective Suit Upgrade at Nellis Representatives from across the Department of Defense (DoD) in conjunction with the 88th Test and Evaluation Squadron participated in ongoing developmental testing of the new Uniform Integrated Protective Ensemble (UIPE) Air system at Nellis.