April 26, 2024 UK, AUS, and US warfighters complete premier, multi-domain operations integration course Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air Force Reserve Command and U.S. Air National Guard warfighters recently graduated the U.S. Air Force’s premier operational-level command and control course designed to advance the operational-level planning expertise of experienced
April 16, 2024 Joint warfighters virtually train in large-scale military exercise The 705th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Distributed Mission Operations Center, executed exercise Virtual Flag: Mission Command in a synthetic, joint combat environment, integrating geographically separated units with degraded communications and limited air operations center
March 7, 2024 Bamboo Eagle, first-ever US, UK, AUS C2-driven, live-fly, simultaneous LVC exercise Airmen from the 505th Command and Control Wing at Hurlburt Field, Nellis Air Force Base, and Kirtland AFB executed the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center's first-ever C2-driven, live-fly and simultaneous live, virtual, and constructive exercise Bamboo Eagle for more than 3,000 U.S. service members and
Jan. 30, 2024 US, allies and partners integrate for dynamic targeting kill-chain automation experiments The 805th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Shadow Operations Center – Nellis, executed their annual Capstone event by experimenting with and developing tactics, techniques, and procedures for integrated two-way kill-chain automation between the operational and tactical command and control
Dec. 7, 2023 Combined US, coalition force increase combat effectiveness during Indo-Pacific Virtual Flag exercise For the first time in the fourteen-year history of the Virtual Flag: Coalition exercise, integrated forces from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada fought against a peer adversary in a virtual Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. To increase combat effectiveness, the combined
Aug. 15, 2023 505th CCW's change of command season concludes The 505th Command and Control Wing had a very busy summer with nine new detachment, squadron, group, and wing commanders from Beale Air Force Base, California, to Robins AFB, Georgia, all uttering “I assume command,” April – July 2023.
May 17, 2023 AF Battle Lab supports cross-service airspace/fires management field experiment The 805th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Shadow Operations Center – Nellis, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, hosted Field Experiment 1, or FX-1, to increase efficiency in airspace management and joint fires integrations between Army and Air Force Tactical Command and Control, or TAC C2,
Feb. 15, 2023 705th Training Squadron implements Kessel Run's C2IMERA The 505th Command and Control Wing’s 705th Training Squadron incorporated a Kessel Run application into the curriculum of their Lead Wing Command and Control Course, or LWC2C, this past January. The LWC2C is an Air Combat Command Lead Wing leadership training course for distributed operations in
Dec. 27, 2022 AF supports joint exercise to modernize tactical C2 capabilities The 505th Command and Control Wing supported the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center’s assessment of forward edge battle management command and control capabilities to advance the Department of Defense’s Joint All Domain Command and Control, or JADC2, concept during exercise Project
Dec. 9, 2022 Air Force supports Army integrated joint force Warfighter exercise, MCTP validates 3rd and 40th IDs readiness U.S. Air Force Airmen supported Warfighter exercise 23-2 enabling the U.S. Army’s Mission Command Training Program to validate the readiness of both the 3rd Infantry Division and 40th Infantry Division, and their respective subordinate units.