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Agile Flag 21-2 Exercise Tested USAF Ability to Deploy, Establish Communications Rapidly

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Agile Flag 21-2 Exercise Tested USAF Ability to Deploy, Establish Communications Rapidly
Airmen use laptops in a makeshift forward operating base during the Agile Flag 21-2 exercise at Naval Outlying Landing Field Choctaw, Fla. on May 3. Air Combat Command (ACC) developed the Agile Flag 21-2 experiment to create a lead wing, aligning squadrons from different locations under a single commander, enhancing their readiness as a team before deploying into a contested environment (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force tested its ability to deploy quickly to sparse locations and establish rapid communications links at this month's Agile Flag 21-2 exercise. During the latter, held from Apr. 26-May 7, the lead wing, the 4th Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C., "ordered the simulated arrival and securement of Naval Outlying Landing Field Choctaw, Fla., from the exercise’s main operating base at Tyndall AFB, Fla.," the Air Force said. Airmen from the 51st Combat Communications Squadron (CCS)…

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