By Tech. Sgt. Samantha Mathison, 960th Cyberspace Wing / Published May 19, 2021
Combat communications Reserve Citizen Airmen dismantle a satellite April 29, 2021, at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. The Airmen participated in the Total Force Expeditionary Communications Rodeo, which provided an opportunity for units in combat communications to gather in a joint environment and practice their skills in a simulated deployed location. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Samantha Mathison)
Senior Airman Joseph Faletto, 55th Combat Communications Squadron cyber systems operator, and Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Dawley, 35th Combat Communications Squadron cyber technician, carry equipment during the Total Force Expeditionary Communications Rodeo April 29, 2021, at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Samantha Mathison)
4 ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. – Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Timothy White Jr., senior enlisted advisor to the chief of the Air Force Reserve and command chief master sergeant of AFRC, visited the 55th Combat Communications Squadron, April 29.
The 55th CBCS was participating in the Total Force Expeditionary Communications Rodeo, hosted by the 5th Combat Communications Group here.
The rodeo, over the course of two weeks, provided an opportunity for units in combat communications across the Air Force to gather in a joint environment and practice their skills in a simulated deployed location.
Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Timothy White Jr., senior enlisted advisor to the chief of the Air Force Reserve and command chief master sergeant of AFRC, visited, News, features and commentaries about Air Force Reserve people, equipment and missions
Tyndall AFB, while also supporting two additional locations, like the forward operating base constructed at NOLF Choctaw.
The planning for NOLF Choctaw aligned capabilities from different units under a single commander to deliver Agile Combat Employment using the Air Base Squadron concept of operations.
“The Air Force, and specifically ACC, needs to refine and clearly articulate expectations for the role of a lead wing as an instrument of air power in support of strategic national objectives,” said Lt. Col. Andrew Frasch, ACC Operations Dynamic Force Employment chief.
Nearly 200 personnel from five ACC bases worked together, as an ABS, to support simulated joint force air component commander missions with combat and mobility aircraft.
Air Force Airmen and Space Force Guardians from across the country recently came together to participate in Air Combat Command’s Agile Flag 21-2 experiment at Naval Outlying Landing Field Choctaw, April 26 – May 7.,