U.S. Air Force (USAF) pilots and crews are training with Bahraini pilots and crews to rapidly deploy air combat assets to remote locations with minimal support infrastructure.
The series of regular training exercises, known as Exercise Ballast Cannon, combine the U.S. Air Force and the Bahrain Air Force and include fighter jets, tanker aircraft, cargo transport, and ground support personnel. Aircraft participating in the exercise included a Lockheed Martin F-16 fourth-generation fighter jet, a Boeing KC-135 tanker, and a Boeing C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft.
The latest version of Ballast Cannon will run from January 6th to 12th at an undisclosed location in the Middle East. The U.S. Air Force says the training provides airmen the opportunity to “create unique solutions” to operational problems in harsh environments.
The service calls the concept Agile Combat Employment, or ACE.
Military planners in Washington and Pentagon regional headquarters around the world are looking for ways to sustain the sortie generations needed to establish air superiority without relying on existing large airfields that are easy targets for adversaries.
ACE envisions deploying fighters, bombers, tankers, and other aircraft from many small airfields across the region, rather than housing them in a few large facilities.
In Europe, NATO air forces are testing the ACE concept using roads as temporary operating bases for fighter jets. Norway is first highway landing A Lockheed Martin F-35A flight took place in September, and the Polish Air Force completed the flight in October. First road landing training within 20 years.
Ballast cannons provide an opportunity for aviators and support crews to test concepts in peacetime.
“By constantly integrating with our partners on the tactical front while testing our expeditionary capabilities, we not only build readiness and maintain strategic advantage, but also compound enemy problems.” “We are developing an operational approach to do this,” said Brigadier General Quaid Quadri, the force’s commander. USAF’s 378th Air Expeditionary Wing.
The U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC) said the exercise will focus on strengthening strategic basing capabilities while developing interoperability among multinational partners in the region.
“The bilateral training focuses on strengthening ties between allied forces and building the foundation for future operations in support of the joint defense of the Arabian Peninsula,” the ACC said.
Specific training objectives for the exercise include aerial refueling, coalition command and control, and tactical fighter integration.
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