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.
The U.S. Air Force Defender Challenge pits "the best of the best" Defenders from across Air Force major commands and international partners in a head-to-head team competition, focusing on the craft and tools of their trade -- weapons and tactics.
The competition was first held in 1952 as a marksmanship contest in 1952 before transitioning in 1981 to an Olympics-style series of events...
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.
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