News - Tag 505th Command and Control Wing

Feb. 17, 2026
Connected to Win: Bamboo Eagle Strengthens Allied Decision-Making

Exercise Bamboo Eagle 26-1, the U.S. Air Force’s premier large-scale combat exercise, commenced this week to test the very nervous system of joint and coalition airpower. The exercise is designed to stress the people, processes, and technology that link commanders to their forces, ensuring that
Jan. 21, 2026
Alliance in Action: Royal Norwegian Air Force, US Air Force Collaborate to Advance Command and Control

A Royal Norwegian Air Force delegation visited the 505th Command and Control Wing at Hurlburt Field, Fla., and the Shadow Operations Center-Nellis, Nev., last month to deepen collaboration and share critical insights on operational-level command and control.
Aug. 19, 2025
Forging the Fight Together: Synchronizing Joint Operations in Bamboo Eagle 25-3

Bamboo Eagle 25-3 pushed the boundaries of 21st-century mission command, leveraging the Distributed Mission Operations Center, or DMOC, to forge agile, resilient leaders. In a synthetic battlespace, the joint force rehearsed decentralized execution and empowered decision-making to achieve decision
June 16, 2025
Air Force DASH sprint pioneers human-machine teaming for faster battle management decisions

The Department of the Air Force took a bold step toward future command and control capabilities with the successful completion of its first Decision Advantage Sprint for Human-Machine Teaming, or DASH, experiment, recently held at the Howard Hughes Operations Center, or H2O, in Las Vegas, Nev.
June 2, 2025
Strategic Integration and Deterrence Take Center Stage in Bamboo Eagle

As the pace and scale of joint operations continue to intensify in the Indo-Pacific region, the U.S. Air Force and its partners are drawing strategic insights from Bamboo Eagle 25-1, a large-scale exercise designed to refine the command-and-control capabilities needed for the future fight. Held this
April 25, 2025
C2WAC Goes Global: Largest class to date unites allied warfighters in UK hosted course

The Command and Control Warrior Advanced Course was held outside of the United States for the first time. The most recent iteration, which is customarily held at Hurlburt Field, Fla., was held at Royal Air Force Waddington in the United Kingdom and had nearly equal numbers of coalition and U.S.
Dec. 19, 2024
Brown takes command of Robins C2 test detachment

Lt. Col. Gregory Brown took command of the 505th Test and Training Group, Detachment 2, during a change of command ceremony, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, Dec. 13.
Dec. 9, 2024
ACC leaders visit command’s sole C2 wing

U.S. Air Force Gen. Ken Wilsbach, commander of Air Combat Command, and Chief Master Sgt. David Wolfe, ACC command chief, visited the 505th Command and Control Wing, Nov. 14. Wilsbach and Wolfe were accompanied by their spouses, Mrs. Cindy Wilsbach and Dr. Doniel Wolfe.
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