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Green Flag-West rolls out Agile Combat Employment with austere, greeN flag, from Page 4 ______ speak and direct A-10 Thunderbolt II air- Airmen participating in the
craft onto the runway that they cleared.
Agile Combat Employment
“One of the things we pride ourselves
As Johannes and his cadre teamed up
A-10 Thunderbolt II operations at Green Flag is to be a unique training to become ACE enablers, their efforts portion of Green Flag-West
22-03 watch as an A-10
environment, being able to provide the during Green Flag-West allowed them
Thunderbolt II assigned to
level of ACE support,” said Keilen. to work with combat controllers. Davis-Monthan Air Force Base,
by Tech. Sgt. Alexandre Montes The main objective to complete within “This has been an extraordinary op- Ariz., passes by overhead after
Fort Irwin, Calif. a short period was to provide launch portunity, so a lot of the intricate detail conducting Joint All-Domain
and recovery to A-10 Thunderbolt II’s of working with fighter aircraft is some- Operations at Fort Irwin, Calif.,
Joint warfighters from several career assigned to the 354th Fighter Squadron thing that I can take back to our unit,” Jan. 19, 2022. Green Flag
fields and duty stations arrived in a dry assigned to Davis-Monthan Air Force Johannes said. “This way we can expand exercises hosted by the 549th
lakebed at the National Training Center at Base, Arizona. [Contingency Response operations] upon Combat Training Squadron
Fort Irwin, Calif. Their task was to train, Working alongside U.S. Army part- as we lean forward on the ACE concept at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.,
teach and learn each other’s mission, and ners on the range with JADO, Airmen and General Brown’s ‘Accelerate Change utilizes the Agile Combat
to execute combat airpower anytime, were given the chance to cross-train and or Lose’ initiative.” Employment concept and
anywhere. Several A-10 Thunderbolt operate outside of their primary career Over the entire exercise, orders were Joint All-Domain Operations,
“The 549th and 12th CTS are making fields. generated and Airmen learned how they which complicates the
breaking-edge advancements with combat Aircraft maintenance “As an engineering [Airman] we test can fit and excel into the bigger picture enemy’s targeting process,
Airmen walk out to
and weapons to the Green Flag-West exer- an open area on a dry the subsurface strength to determine or airpower. This iteration has gained cre a t e s p o l i ti c a l an d
cise,” said Lt. Col. Matthew Keilen, 549th lakebed to prepare a whether or not the landing zone can another component to accelerate change operational dilemmas for the
Combat Training Squadron commander. parking and launching support the aircraft that we were trying for the 549th CTS at the home of the enemy, and creates flexibility
“Dispersing forces within threat timelines area for their aircrafts trying to bring in safely. As the landing warfighter. for friendly forces.
increases survivability and preserves com- during Green Flag-West zone safety officer that’s our primary
bat airpower while still generating attack 22-03 daily operations role,” said Master Sgt. Brad Johannes, An A-10 Thunderbolt II assigned to
airpower while executing the mission.” at Fort Irwin, Calif., Jan. 921st Contingency Response Squadron Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.
Several of the Airmen who participated operations flight chief, assigned to Travis prepares to take off from a dry lakebed
set up tents, cleared and marked a dirt run- 19, 2022. Throughout the Air Force Base, California. “Secondary to during Green Flag West 22-03 at Fort
exercise, Airmen executed
way on the dry lakebed, and established th e A g il e C o m b a t that is part of the Multi-Capable Airman Irwin, Calif., Jan. 19, 2022. Throughout
Air Force photographs by Tech. Sgt. Alexandre Montes
communications. They also partnered Several A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots and Joint Tactical Control Party Airmen listen as they receive orders to Employment concept to Concept. We expand our expertise into the exercise, Airmen executed the
with maintenance and intelligence Air- conduct Green Flag-West 22-03 daily operations at Fort Irwin, Calif., Jan. 19, 2022. Green Flag exercises train, teach and learn each what the airfield managers do.” Agile Combat Employment concept
men at Nellis Air Force Base and U.S. hosted by the 549th Combat Training Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., utilizes the Agile Combat other’s mission, and to Not only was Johannes and his team to train, teach and learn each other’s
Army Soldiers locally. Employment concept and Joint All-Domain Operations, which complicates the enemy’s targeting process, mission and to execute combat
____ See greeN flag, on Page 5 creates political and operational dilemmas for the enemy, and creates flexibility for friendly forces. execute combat airpower able to coordinate with the airfield man-
agers, but he and another were trained to
anytime, anywhere.
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