{"id":14254,"date":"2023-06-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=14254"},"modified":"2023-06-09T06:49:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T06:49:12","slug":"usafcent-flexes-air-to-ground-capabilities-in-historic-first-for-btf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=14254","title":{"rendered":"USAFCENT flexes air-to-ground capabilities in historic first for BTF"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p>During the BTF, the bombers employed live <a href=\"https:\/\/www.minot.af.mil\/About-Us\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/264282\/joint-direct-attack-munitions-gbu-313238\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>GBU-38<\/strong><\/a> Joint Direct Attack Munitions, as well as a live <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dyess.af.mil\/Fact-Sheets\/Display\/Article\/267602\/agm-158-joint-air-to-surface-standoff-missile-jassm\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>AGM-158A<\/strong><\/a> Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese bomber missions represent the U.S.\u2019s commitment to our partners and showcase our ability to deliver overwhelming power at a moment\u2019s notice,\u201d said U.S. Air Force <a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/About-Us\/Biographies\/Display\/Article\/821704\/alexus-g-grynkewich\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich<\/strong><\/a>, Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) commander, and Combined Forces Air Component Commander for U.S. Central Command. \u201cTogether, we are operationalizing concepts designed to make us more agile in our execution, more strategic in our deterrence and more resilient in our capability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday was a demonstration of that capability and the strength of our partnerships.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Exercises like the BTF enhance U.S. interoperability with partner nations to deter regional aggression while promoting peace and stability in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-split ntext breakout \">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div class=\"body\">\n<section class=\"ast-brandedhr\">\n<div class=\"ast-brandedhr-line\">\n<p>                <title>U.S. Air Force Logo<\/title><\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the BTF, the bombers employed live GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munitions, as well as a live AGM-158A Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile. \u201cThese bomber missions represent the U.S.\u2019s commitment to our partners and showcase our ability to deliver overwhelming power at a moment\u2019s notice,\u201d said U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, Ninth Air Force [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14254"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14257,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14254\/revisions\/14257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}