{"id":28999,"date":"2023-09-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=28999"},"modified":"2023-09-27T06:43:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T06:43:02","slug":"kadena-ab-generates-airpower-in-ace-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=28999","title":{"rendered":"Kadena AB generates airpower in ACE exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The U.S. Air Force\u2019s ability to rapidly generate airpower at a moment\u2019s notice was put to the test at Kadena Air Base<\/a><\/strong>, when the 18th Wing<\/a><\/strong> conducted a no-notice agile combat employment<\/a><\/strong> exercise Sept. 22.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Airmen from the 18th Wing partnered with deployed Airmen from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base<\/a><\/strong>, North Carolina, Mountain Home AFB<\/a><\/strong>, Idaho, and Eielson AFB<\/a><\/strong>, Alaska, to launch multiple F-15C\/D Eagles<\/a><\/strong>, F-15E Strike Eagles<\/a><\/strong> and F-35A Lightning IIs<\/a><\/strong> without prior notice to test the base\u2019s ability to rapidly generate and disperse airpower.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cACE relies on our team\u2019s ability to quickly mobilize our aircraft from large, centralized hub bases to networks of smaller, dispersed, spoke locations to increase survivability and complicate potential adversary targeting,\u201d said Col. Joshua Lundeby, 18th Wing deputy commander. \u201cThrough training like this, we remain postured to deter, deny and defeat any threat to regional stability, our nation, and its allies and partners.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Airmen were tasked with getting Kadena AB\u2019s diverse fleet of fighter aircraft prepped and ready to launch as though they were being dispersed to spoke locations. Once the fighters taxied, or launched for regularly scheduled training sorties, they were considered \u2018departed\u2019 for purposes of evaluation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The exercise showcased the capabilities of U.S. Airmen across the spectrum of operational, maintenance and support specializations.\n<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cThis wasn\u2019t a small feat, we brought highly skilled Airmen from four different fighter maintenance units across the globe and asked them to tackle safe, compliant and efficient ACE,\u201d said Col. Randy Schwinler, 18th Maintenance Group commander. \u201cI am extremely proud of their performance.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

As the Keystone of the Pacific, Kadena AB\u2019s strategic size and location make it a pivotal installation for ensuring the defense of Japan and a free and open Indo-Pacific. Through realistic training like this exercise, Kadena AB Airmen are honing skills necessary to keep pace with evolving threats to the U.S. and its allies and partners.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cExercises like this enable decentralized execution by empowering our Airmen to refine their abilities and provides them with opportunities to innovate or adapt new techniques while increasing efficiency within mission command,\u201d Schwinler added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kadena AB is currently hosting deployed fighter units from across the Air Force to ensure uninterrupted fighter coverage at the base through the phased departure of Kadena AB\u2019s venerable fleet of F-15C\/D Eagles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe array of fighters in this theater provides us with more opportunities to integrate with our regional partners,\u201d said Col. Henry Schantz, 18th Operations Group commander. \u201cPairing those distinct capabilities with ACE gives us an increased strategic advantage, ultimately strengthening our combat capability in defense of Japan and the Indo-Pacific region.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

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