Secretary of the Air Force International Affairs

July 31, 2025
Allied eyes on the fight: U.S. and Australian ground C2 team powers the kill chain at TS25

On a dusty northern Australian airfield, deep in the heart of Exercise Talisman Saber 2025, a small but powerful coalition team is proving that command and control doesn't just happen in the sky. From the ground, a combined U.S. and Australian Battle Management Command and Control element is
July 23, 2025
International Observer Program showcases interoperability, readiness for U.S. partners, allies

The Pacific Air Forces' International Affairs Division organized an International Observer Program (IOP) event during the exercise Resolute Force Pacific 2025, a four-day tour to provide insight into the exercise, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, July 14-17, 2025.
March 7, 2024
DAF delivers lethality at the speed of data during Project Convergence Capstone 4

Service members and civilians from the U.S., United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, France and Japan participated in Project Convergence Capstone Four at Camp Pendleton.
Sept. 19, 2023
U.S. facilitates Philippine Air Force AOC, ISR training

At the request of the government of the Philippines, the 505th Training Squadron located at Hurlburt Field, Florida, sent a team of U.S. Air Force Air Operations Center Formal Training Unit instructors to Villamor Air Base, Philippines, from Aug. 10-19. The instructors trained twenty-eight members
Aug. 24, 2023
Joint and coalition warfighters complete advanced, multi-domain operations integration course

At Hurlburt Field, Florida, 22 warfighters from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and Royal Australian Air Force recently completed the Air Force’s Command and Control Warrior Advanced Course, or C2WAC, which taught them how to integrate both kinetic and non-kinetic capabilities available to the
June 5, 2023
US facilitates Japan Air Operations Center training

Three years in the making, the 505th Training Squadron fulfilled a request by the government of Japan to assist with understanding how an air operations center plans and executes and how to build instructional standards to enable airpower at the operational level of war.
Jan. 27, 2023
Australia, Japan, U.S. stand up multinational task force for Cope North 23

Air forces from Australia, Japan, and the United States have begun arriving in Guam to establish the command and control multinational task force for Cope North 2023, which runs Feb. 8-24, 2023.
May 23, 2022
Joint Black Flag tests night-one capabilities, introduces RAAF E-7, first mobile C2 element

Black Flag allows the Air Force to test like we fight, developing force integration techniques and discovering capabilities utilizing existing and emerging material to deliver combat capability to the warfighter.
May 9, 2022
DAF hosts congressional delegation for ABMS update, E-7 orientation

Department of the Air Force leaders hosted a congressional delegation at Nellis Air Force Base, May 6, for an update on the base’s Advanced Battle Management System initiatives and an orientation of the E-7 Wedgetail.
May 21, 2021
With its promise and performance confirmed, ABMS moves to a new phase

After 18 months exploring new ways to better connect the joint force alongside a growing cadre of industry partners, the Department of the Air Force is ready to move ABMS from the drawing board into the hands of warfighters.