Kadena F-15Cs practice ACE concept at MCAS Futenma

F-15Cs assigned to Kadena Air Base, Japan flew into MCAS Futenma on Feb. 21 to refuel, rearm, and relaunch within 12 hours under the Agile Combat Employment concept.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cameron Schoppert, 44th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew chief, left, Airman 1st Class Brody Graham, 44th AMU weapons load crew member, center, and Senior Airman Charles Sapp, 44th AMU weapons load crew member, right, prepare to rearm an F-15C Eagle during an Agile Combat Employment exercise Feb. 21, 2020, at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Japan. Exercises that test our multi-capable Airmen and joint partners to provide munition loading and tactical refueling with minimal support are integral to employing precise ACE concept practices. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rhett Isbell)

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USAF’s first E-3 enlisted airborne sensor operator

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Daniel Propst, 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron E-3 Sentry airborne sensor operator, poses for a photo, Feb. 11, 2020, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. The Ponce De Leon, Fla., native is the Air Force’s first E-3 Sentry AWACS enlisted airborne sensor operator and is enhancing the 961st AACS’s capabilities at Cope North 2020, an annual trilateral field exercise conducted in Guam, and around the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Palau, and Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Nash)

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