Readiness Challenge is a capstone event to test the readiness of Air Force Civil Engineers across the full spectrum of Integrated Base Response & Recovery operations. During the event, Civil Engineers will demonstrate their capacity and capability to execute critical operations in a warfare-environment, while exhibiting their esprit de corps and warrior ethos. Readiness Challenge is about...
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The 1st Airborne Brigade will conduct airborne jumps and airdrops from USAF aircraft to improve skills related to establishing combat power for ground operations within 48 hours. The purpose of this operation is to demonstrate the JGSDF’s capability to employ large-scale airborne insertion anywhere in the country of Japan.
Airborne 23 is a large-scale airborne exercise integrating air and ground forces from Japan and the United States.
The exercise integrates C-130J aircraft assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan, and Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, to carry approximately 300 Japan Ground-Self Defense paratroopers to drop zones at Higashifuji training field. The exercise also...
Alaska Shield 16 is a State of Alaska-led training exercise focusing on antiterrorism, cyber defense, and defense support of civil authorities. Numerous state, municipal/city, and federal organizations have partnered to validate plans, systems, and processes to exercise/demonstrate mutual support in the event of any of these scenarios.
