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  • Schultz takes the helm at 805th CTS, aims to accelerate innovation

    Leadership of the 805th Combat Training Squadron officially changed hands during a ceremony at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, May 29, 2026. The unique squadron comprises two distinct battle labs, including the Shadow Operations Center-Nellis and the Combined Air Operations Center-Experimental at

  • 505th Combat Training Group welcomes new commander

    The U.S. Air Force’s 505th Combat Training Group, responsible for executing combat-focused command and control training and operational-level exercises, welcomed new leadership today as Col. Terry “Val” Hjerpe assumed command from Col. Robert “Slip” Smith during a formal change of command ceremony

  • Optimizing decision advantage through human-machine team experimentation

    The Department of the Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System Cross-Functional Team hosted the first software sprint experiment to examine software solutions for enhanced command and control in conjunction with the Shadow Operations Center – Nellis, at the Howard Hughes Operations, or H2O,

  • Smith takes command of 84th RADES

    Lt. Col. Ryan Smith took command of the 84th Radar Evaluation Squadron from Lt. Col. Douglas Boytim during a change of command ceremony at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, June 7.

  • Finney takes command of the ShOC

    The 805th Combat Training Squadron hosted a squadron change of command ceremony on the Shadow Operations Center-Nellis operations floor at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, May 31.

  • U.S. facilitates Philippine Air Force AOC, ISR training

    At the request of the government of the Philippines, the 505th Training Squadron located at Hurlburt Field, Florida, sent a team of U.S. Air Force Air Operations Center Formal Training Unit instructors to Villamor Air Base, Philippines, from Aug. 10-19. The instructors trained twenty-eight members