"This big monthlong exercise brought together several major training events and involved US forces across the services, along with allies and partners. The drills focused on core objectives such as flying and sustaining a high number of missions, moving cargo under threat, using space-based technologies across air, land, sea, and cyber operations, and practicing large-scale Agile Combat Employment tactics, which are about making US forces more flexible and harder to target."
"ACE is the Air Force's approach to spreading out or dispersing aircraft to areas outside fixed bases - including to remote or rugged locations. This matters most in the Indo-Pacific, where any conflict could force US forces to use smaller, scattered airfields across the region. The goal is to avoid relying too heavily on big bases that could be easy targets for China's missiles."
""To have the exercise is one thing, but to fail forward, move fast and learn from our mistakes is another," Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin said without going into detail on failur"
US and allied forces conducted the largest Indo-Pacific air exercise since the Cold War to test delivering substantial airpower in contested environments. The monthlong drills integrated multiple training events across services and partners and emphasized flying and sustaining high mission volumes, moving cargo under threat, employing space-based technologies across air, land, sea, and cyber domains, and practicing Agile Combat Employment. ACE focuses on dispersing aircraft from fixed bases to remote spokes, pairing hubs like Anderson AFB with austere airfields, supported by prepositioned equipment and airlift. The exercise aimed to expand launch locations, complicate targeting, and generate lessons to improve future operations.
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