U.S. Air Force Airmen prepare gear for an aircraft-to-aircraft refueling during Exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Feb. 2, 2024. Airmen from Yokota Air Base, Japan; Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii; Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska; and Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, aligned various skillsets to complete the first-ever Air Mobility Command-to-F-22 Raptor refueling from a Charleston C-17 Globemaster III to a JBER F-22 Raptor. Nellis AFB served as the hub and command-and-control force element within the hub-and-spoke concept of operations during BE 24-1, with more than 10 geographically separated locations serving as the spokes. During the exercise, warfighters implemented all-domain combat-power generation from disaggregated basing locations throughout the western part of the U.S. while incorporating scenarios in distributed command and control, agile logistics, and tactical air-to-air refueling. Airmen also tackled agile combat employment, and the larger challenges of persistent logistics, by adapting techniques most often associated with special operations forces but on a much larger scale. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Curt Beach)
Date Taken: | 02.02.2024 |
Date Posted: | 02.10.2024 02:55 |
Photo ID: | 8234818 |
VIRIN: | 240202-F-IP109-1001 |
Resolution: | 6432x5136 |
Size: | 13.85 MB |
Location: | NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, NEVADA, US |
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