Next month’s Exercise Cope North 2021 will see the U.S. Air Force push its Agile Combat Employment to the next level by having fighters operate out of an airfield that is located in the jungle of Guam.
An aerial view of the Pacific Regional Training Center Oct. 4, 2012, at Northwest Field, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The training grounds are home to multiple Air Force squadrons and offers space operations, training classrooms and warehouse storage for vital equipment in support of contingency and humanitarian operations around the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)
So far, only C-130s and helicopters have landed there and soon F-16s and F-35s will be operating out of the 5,000 ft runway as well.
