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The Air Force is pursuing a multi-phase Light Attack Experimentation Campaign which grew out of our Close Air Support Experimentation Campaign. The Air Force Materiel Command’s Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation Office leads this Campaign.
Air Force personnel are flying participant-provided, experiment-suitable aircraft in scenarios designed to highlight...
The Lighting Challenge is a TACP career field exclusive event. For years it was the annual 1C4/TACP Skills competition hosted by the TACP Schoolhouse out of Hurlburt Field, Florida. Location is Ft Hood, Texas and Reveille Peak Ranch.
Lightning Challenge is an annual competition that that evaluates U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) specialists from across the globe through tests of agile combat employment, physical ability, and marksmanship skill, in order to identify the most outstanding multi-capable Airmen in the world.
Imagery of Lightning Challenge 2022
The Lightning Challenge is an annual service-level TACP competition to identify the best TACP Airmen in the Air Force.
The 25th Infantry Division's Lightning Forge is a brigade-level-exercise evaluation that takes place across the Island of Oahu each year. Lightning Forge typically serves as a preparation for a rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, Louisiana.
The 25th Infantry Division's Lightning Forge is a brigade-level-exercise evaluation that takes place across the Island of Oahu each year. Lightning Forge typically serves as a preparation for a rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, Louisiana.
