Soldiers from around the Army National Guard gather at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania for the ARNG Best Warrior Competition 2018, July 22-27 hosted by the Pennsylvania National Guard. The winner will go on to compete in the Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition.
Exercise Pitch Black is a biennial warfare exercise hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The exercise is normally held in Northern Australia, primarily at RAAF Bases Darwin and Tindal. The aim of the exercise is to practice Offensive Counter Air and Defensive Counter Air combat, in a simulated war environment.
Africa Endeavor is an annual communications and information-sharing event that helps develop multinational communications interoperability for African Union and United Nations mandated peace keeping and disaster response missions.
Carpathian Summer is a bilateral training exercise at forward operating location Otopeni Air Base, Romania. Airmen and C-130 aircraft assigned to the 357th Airlift Squadron, 908th Airlift Wing, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, will participate in this bilateral training event from July 29 – Aug. 9, 2019, to enhance interoperability and readiness with Romania by participating in combined training.
Approximately 200 Airmen assigned to the 510th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano Air Base, Italy, are participating in a flying training deployment at RAF Lakenheath, England, to evaluate aircraft and personnel capabilities and train in NATO operations with the 48th Fighter Wing and British allies. During this training event, 14 F-16C Fighting Falcons from the 510th Fighter Squadron...
Approximately 160 Airmen deployed to RAF Lakenheath July 15, 2018, to participate in the inaugural Combat Ammunition Production Exercise. This exercise will train Airmen on the mass production of conventional munitions. This type of exercise allows Airmen to learn in a controlled environment, bolstering unit interoperability and refining best practices. Participating units include the 9th...
Air Forces Africa, along with Mauritania and Senegal, are hosting an African Partnership Flight at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 6-10. Approximately 34 air force delegates from Mali, Chad, Gabon, Malawi, Uganda, Mauritania and Senegal are participating in this APF. The APF program is Air Forces in Africa’s premier security cooperation program with African partner nations to improve...
Rock Drop is a battalion-sized parachute assault exercise. It is a joint operation between the 2-503rd Infantry Battalion ("The Rock") supported by Italian Paratroopers from the Folgore Brigade.
