AMISTAD (Spanish for friendship) brings U.S. military health professionals together with partner nation medical teams to train together and relieve stress on overtaxed host nation medical systems. This 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) led mission delivers valuable experiences to U.S. and partner nation medical professionals while increasing their ability to quickly work together in...
Arctic Defender is part of a months-long deployment hosted by the German Air Force – Pacific Skies 24. Germany, France and Spain are partners in the trinational Future Combat Air System FCAS, and as the first stop in their deployment, Arctic Defender is a field training exercise (FTX) for U.S. and international forces flown under simulated air combat conditions.
Medal of Honor awarded to Private Philip G. Shadrach and Private George D. Wilson for acts of gallantry and intrepidity while serving with the 2d Ohio Volunteer Infantry in Georgia on 12 April 1862. Andrews' Raiders.
Resolute Dragon is an annual bilateral exercise between the U.S. Marine Corps and Japan Self-Defense Force that strengthens the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan alliance. Resolute Dragon focuses on enhancing bilateral command and control, multi-domain maneuver, and fires and effects in a geographically distributed environment. Bilateral exercises like Resolute Dragon demonstrate the...
VS24 is a multinational, biennial field training exercise focused on integrating interoperability training in a multi-domain environment. This training builds real-world proficiency in sustaining joint forces through detecting, locating, tracking, and engaging units at sea, in the air, in space, on land, and in cyberspace in response to a range of mission areas.
The Conference of American Air Chiefs (CONJEFAMER, per its Spanish acronym), is an annual meeting of the nations who belong to the System of Cooperation Among the American Air Forces (SICOFAA), a voluntary and apolitical organization dedicated to the promotion of cooperation, unity and interoperability among Western Hemisphere air forces. This is the 64th CONJEFAMER meeting.
U.S. Air Force Lt Gen Tony Bauernfeind, Air Force Special Operations Command outgoing commander, relinquished command of AFSOC to Lt Gen Michael Conley, AFSOC commander, on July 2, 2024 at Hurlburt Field, Florida.
The 2024 Warriors Over The Wasatch Open House and Air Show is scheduled to take place on June 29 and 30, 2024, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The event is free for the community and is expected to attract hundreds of thousands of attendees. The air show will feature a variety of civilian aerial acts and the precision flying of the Air Force Thunderbirds. The event is centered around the...
