An E-8C JSTARS from the Georgia Air National Guard’s 116th Air Control Wing deployed to Fighter Wing Skrydstrup, Denmark, for the exercise, and the separate Exercise Baltic Operations, according to a release.
“To realize a strong military alliance, you must train as one and Saber Strike allows to accomplish this goal.” F-16s and airmen from the Colorado Air National Guard’s 120th Fighter Squadron have deployed to Estonia for the exercise, and will train with US and allied joint terminal attack controllers, as well as F-16s from Slovenia and C-130Js, according to a release. Richard Coffman, commander of the US Army mission command element and the deputy commander of the US 1st Infantry Division, in a release. “No nation can confront the world alone, alliances are welcome and necessary,” said Brig. The exercise features thousands of troops from 19 nations, training at locations in Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, and Estonia from June 3-15.
Saber Strike Kicks Off Across Eastern EuropeĮxercise Saber Strike 18, a major annual NATO exercise in multiple countries across Eastern Europe, kicked off Sunday with USAF F-16s and JSTARS slated to participate. Manor is to become director of the Commander’s Action Group for the Air Force Space Command and the Joint Space Component Command at a time when the Air Force is stressing the increasing role of international cooperation in its space efforts.
Michael Manor, who is about to depart as head of the Joint Space Operations Center, pointed to the importance of cooperation with allies and partners in the national security space sphere in an interview with Air Force Magazine. Brian Everstine The Importance of Space Cooperation with AlliesĬol. On Monday, Kim appeared to lay the groundwork for the meeting by replacing his military leadership, getting rid of three long-time officials and installing younger loyalists, CNN reported. The much-anticipated, and previously canceled, summit is reportedly on for June 12 in Singapore, and Mattis said confusion in the build up to the meeting is normal, because “all negotiations are bumpy.” The US is going forward with the focus of “a complete verifiable, irreversible, removal” of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction, he said. “It’s not even a subject of the discussions.” In five to 10 years, if there is a change prompting a review of force structure, that discussion would be “between a democracy called the Republic of Korea and a democracy called the United States of America,” Mattis said. “We’re not going anywhere,” Mattis told reporters as he returned from the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. In 2017, the Air National Guard also awarded Draken a contract to provide commercial Red Air at six bases.-Amy McCullough and Steve Hirsch Mattis: US Forces on Korean Peninsula are There to Stay, Not a Part of Negotiationsĭefense Secretary Jim Mattis on Sunday reiterated that US troops in South Korea are there to stay and will not be on the table for the upcoming summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. See also Red Air for Hire from the April issue of Air Force Magazine. Draken announced late last year it had acquired 12 South African Atlas Cheetah supersonic fighters, in addition to its fleet of nine Aermacchi MB-339s, 27 MiG-21s, 21 L-159s, 22 F1s, 13 A-4s, five L-39s, and one T-33. Under the Nellis contract, Draken will provide, operate, and maintain the aircraft for “air-to-air tracking, targeting, and ADAIR operations.” The sorties are to provide “combat air training services that include tactical profiles, to include beyond-visual-range engagements, operational test support, dissimilar air combat maneuvers, offensive and defensive within-visual-range maneuvers, multi-ship tactics, merges, and flight.” The award was a competitive acquisition, with two offers having been received. The Air Force announced last year it planned to open up the contract to competition, and industry has been aggressively building up its fleet in anticipation of this contract and the much-larger CAF ADAIR contract, which has not yet been awarded but is expected to total some 37,000 hours of Red Air at multiple bases. Draken has been the sole commercial provider of Red Air to the US Air Force since it received its first contract in 2015 to augment USAF’s existing F-16 aggressors. The Air Force has awarded Draken International, of Lakeland, Fla., a $280 million contract to continue flying adversary air at Nellis AFB, Nev., through December 2023, according to a DOD contract announcement. Draken To Continue Flying ADAIR at Nellis
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