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Vol. 66 No. 3
January 22, 2016

Warfighters convene at NAFB for WEPTAC

By Airman 1st Class Rachel Loftis

99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — Air Force senior U.S. Air Force photo by Lorenz Crespo
leaders, industry executives, joint and coalition warfighters
converged for the 2016 Annual Weapons and Tactics Con- Gen. Frank Gorenc, commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa, provided the 2016 Weapons and
ference, hosted here by Air Combat Command, Jan. 3-16. Tactics Conference keynote address on Jan. 14, 2016 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. WEPTAC is an annual
two-week event to bring together warfighters from Combat Air Forces to discuss current issues, to look at
“WEPTAC is where wars are won,” said Lt. Col. Ken- future issues and to provide solutions for joint and coalition air forces.
drick Carroll, ACC’s WEPTAC chairman. “There is no
other venue on this planet where you can get the best and
brightest subject matter experts throughout all the domains
in one location to work on solving today’s biggest warfight-
ing challenges.”

Weapons officers from across the Air Force capitalized
on this year’s theme, “Integrating Multi-Domain Effects
into Next Generation’s Warfighting,” alongside their joint
and coalition counterparts, said Carroll.

“What that means is we’re taking all of our capabili-
ties — air, space, cyber, land, sea, and electromagnetic,
and integrating those into a combined effect so that we
can continue to be the world’s greatest air force,” he said.
“We’re taking the world’s most complex problems, what
we call Major Combat Operations, and we are essentially
planning to engage if and when an MCO is required, so
that we can bring all those domains to bear.”

The conference, divided into two parts, includes a Mis-
sion Area Working Group portion where hand-selected
teams of weapons officers gather to troubleshoot current
air, space and cyberspace challenges. During the second
week, participants transition into the Tactics Review Board,

_____________________ See WEPTAC, on page 3

Red Flag 16-1 prepares for takeoff

By 99th Air Base Wing residents that they may notice increased commodate other flying missions at the press release — which can be viewed
military aircraft activity during this time base and provide Red Flag participants here: http://www.nellis.af.mil/news/
Public Affairs period. with valuable training in planning and story.asp?id=123466684 — this exercise
executing a wide variety of combat mis- will include aircraft from 24 different
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — Aircraft are scheduled to depart Nellis sions and exercise scenarios to validate U.S. Air Force squadrons; four flying
Red Flag 16-1 is scheduled to begin Jan. Air Force Base, Nevada twice a day and joint and coalition operations.
25 and will conclude Feb. 12. Base of- participate in the exercise for up to five _______ See RED FLAG, on page 5
ficials want to remind southern Nevada hours. Flying times are scheduled to ac- According to the official Red Flag 16-1

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