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JASDF team learns how USAF defends the E-3 AWACS from cyber threats

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A team of officers from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force visited the 552d Air Control Networks Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base to learn how the unit carried out its cyber defense role.

Senior Airman Gabriel Coleman, 552d Air Control Networks Squadron, and Master Sgt. Christopher Bailey, U.S. Pacific Air Forces Cyber Defense and Mission Assurance, explain the capabilities of a deployable cyber defense weapon system, Cyberspace Vulnerability Assessment/Hunter, to Lt. Col. Akio Ohigashi and Capt. Shumpei Kawano from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. The system is used by the 552 ACNS Mission Defense Team to defend the 552nd Air Control Wing’s Control and Reporting Centers and E-3 Sentry fleet and ground systems from cyber threats. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kimberly Woodruff)

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This RAAF C-17 picked up precision-guided weapons at Dover AFB last month

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A Royal Australian Air Force C-17 was in Dover Air Force Base on Mar. 13 to pick up a cargo of precision-guided weapons for use by the Royal Australian Navy and Royal Australian Air Force.

A Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster III prepares to be loaded with cargo at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, March 13, 2021. The U.S. and Australia maintain a robust relationship underpinned by shared democratic values, common interests and cultural bonds. The U.S.-Australia alliance is an anchor for peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region and around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Faith Schaefer)

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