Operation Octave Quartz: 435 AGOW prove capabilities
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs March 12, 2021
U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 435th Air Expeditionary Wing board a U.S Air Force C-130J Super Hercules aircraft during Operation Octave Quartz, January 2021. (Courtesy Photo)
Several units from the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing recently rapidly deployed to Somalia at the direction of the President of the United States and the acting Secretary of Defense to reposition assets and personnel to other locations within East Africa in support of Operation Octave Quartz.
During the operation, U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 435th AGOW conducted over 300 airlift sorties to reposition 3,364 tons of equipment and 1,279 personnel quickly.
Army Guard gets its first real-time feedback range for combined ground-air live fire exercises March 10
The Idaho National Guard opened the new Digital Air Ground Integrated Range at the Orchard Combat Training Center, March 4, 2020. The range is the first DAGIR located on a National Guard training site. (Master Sgt. Becky Vanshur/Army) Ground and aviation units with the Army National Guard now have a high-tech range where they can run live-fire training at the same time and receive on-the-spot feedback. The Idaho Army National Guard opened its Digital Air-Ground Integrated Range on March 4 at Orchard Combat Training Center, according to an Army statement.
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Top Aces Receives Former Israeli F-16s To Be Used For Adversary Training With The U.S. Air Force
Top Aces Receives Former Israeli F-16s To Be Used For Adversary Training With The U.S. Air Force
One of the F-16s during loading operations aboard the An-124. (Photo: Israeli Ministry of Defense)
The Top Aces jets will operate out of Mesa airport providing the USAF with the first contracted 4th gen. aggressors.
The Canadian company Top Aces received the first four F-16 Fighting Falcons, out of a total order of 29 aircraft, bought from the Israeli Air Force to be used to provide adversary training to the U.S. Air Force, becoming the first company to provide a 4th gen. aircraft for this role. The company, which already operates Alpha Jets, A-4N Skyhawks and Learjet 35As, will base the new jets at Mesa, Arizona, home of their U.S. headquarters.
Could 2021 be a golden year of profits for high-tech Israeli defense companies?
Israeli defense technology is being increasingly incorporated by militaries from Asia to Europe. A series of defense deals by Israel and technology presented at Aero India in February 2021 illustrate how Israel’s new weapons are transforming the world of war.
In late January Boaz Levy, the CEO of Israel Aerospace Industries, said that his company sees India as one of its main partners. “This valued partnership is characterized by long-term cooperation, joint development and manufacturing, technology transfer and technical support over decades.” Israel’s IAI, one of its three defense giants, recently conducted a successful trial in India with its Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM) air defense system. IAI has made more than $5 billion in deals in India in the last five years. The company works closely to tailor its products to the “make in India” approach that New Delhi has pushed