The future of combat missions is starting to look more and more like a scene from Black Mirror. Not only are there all sorts of robot vehicles swarming around and drones flying everywhere, but now there’s a virtual command center that will direct everything.
By Senior Airman Aaron Irvin, 19th Airlift Wing Public Affairs / Published May 26, 2021
Airmen fuel an A-10 Thunderbolt II using an Aerial Bulk Fuel Delivery System out the back of a C-130J Super Hercules at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan, May 24, 2021, in support of Exercise Mobility Guardian 2021. The ABFDS, a portable 3,000-gallon fuel bladder, can be loaded on a C-130J Super Hercules, C-5 Galaxy, or C-17 Globemaster III and transported anywhere around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aaron Irvin)
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Aragon, 321st Contingency Response Squadron security team member, secures a refueling area at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan, May 24, 2021, in support of Exercise Mobility Guardian 2021. Mobility Guardian is Air Mobility Command’s largest and longest training event, preparing forces for the current and future fight. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aaron Irvin)
ALPENA, Mich. “Team One!” shouts Danni Manyweathers, an expeditionary operations analyst for the Readiness Division under the Air Force Civil Engineering Center’s Modernization Section. “The excavator has engine problems and will be out for the duration,
ALPENA COMBAT READINESS TRAINING CENTER, Mich. Airmen were challenged to execute Mission Type Orders for the first time at a large force exercise during Exercise Mobility Guardian 2021, May 15 – 27, accelerating the mission despite degraded,
Air Mobility Command premiered a proof-of-concept for a next-generation all-domain command and control platform during Exercise Mobility Guardian 2021, May 25, 2021. ,