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Tinian, Guam serve as training grounds for ‘Pacific Iron 2021’
A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor assigned to the 199th Fighter Squadron, 154th Wing, Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii, arrives in support of Pacific Iron 2021 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 18, 2021. (U.S. AIR FORCE/MSG RICHARD P. EBENSBERGER)
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, Hawaii—More than 35 aircraft and approximately 800 airmen from Pacific Air Forces and Air Combat Command have deployed to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s area of responsibility this week to participate in Operation Pacific Iron 2021.
Pacific Iron 2021 is a PACAF dynamic force employment operation to project forces into the USINDOPACOM’s area of responsibility in support of the 2018 National Defense Strategy that called on the military to be a more lethal, adaptive, and resilient force.
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- U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors assigned to the 199th Fighter Squadron, 154th Wing, Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii and the 525th Fighter Squadron, 3rd Wing, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, arrive in support of Pacific Iron 2021 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 18, 2021. (U.S. AIR FORCE/MSG RICHARD P. EBENSBERGER)
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- A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor assigned to the 525th Fighter Squadron, 3rd Wing, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, arrives in support of Pacific Iron 2021 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 18, 2021. (U.S. AIR FORCE/MSG RICHARD P. EBENSBERGER)
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- A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor assigned to the 525th Fighter Squadron, 3rd Wing, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, arrives in support of Pacific Iron 2021 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 18, 2021. (U.S. AIR FORCE/MSG RICHARD P. EBENSBERGER)
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- A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor assigned to the 525th Fighter Squadron, 3rd Wing, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, arrives in support of Pacific Iron 2021 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 18, 2021. (U.S. AIR FORCE/MSG RICHARD P. EBENSBERGER)
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- U.S. Air Force airmen assigned to the 389th Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, conduct a post flight inspection on a F-15E Strike Eagle after arriving in support of Pacific Iron 2021 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 14, 2021. (U.S. AIR FORCE /SSG KEVIN IINUMA)
Approximately 10 F-15E Strike Eagles from the 389th Fighter Squadron, 366th Fighter Wing at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho; approximately 25 F-22 Raptors from the 525th Fighter Squadron, 3rd Wing at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and the 199th Fighter Squadron, 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii; and two C-130J Hercules from the 374th Airlift Wing from Yokota Air Base, Japan, is participating in combat dispersal operations in Guam and on Tinian this week.
Airmen deployed in support of Pacific Iron 2021 will demonstrate multi-capable airmen skills and conduct simulated combat flight operations from local airports in Guam and on Tinian. Fighters, mobility aircraft, airmen and required support equipment will operate from Andersen AFB, A.B. Won Pat International Airport, and Northwest Field, Guam; and Tinian International Airport, Tinian, to conduct Agile Combat Employment operations. ACE is the use of agile operations to generate resilient airpower in a contested environment and is designed to organize, train and equip airmen to be more agile in operation execution, strategic in deterrence and more resilient in capabilities.
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- U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors assigned to the 199th Fighter Squadron, 154th Wing, Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii, arrive in support of Pacific Iron 2021 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 18, 2021. (U.S. AIR FORCE/MSG RICHARD P. EBENSBERGER)
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- A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor assigned to the 199th Fighter Squadron, 154th Wing, Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii, arrives in support of Pacific Iron 2021 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 18, 2021. (U.S. AIR FORCE/MSG RICHARD P. EBENSBERGER)
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- U.S. Air Force airmen assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron from Yokota Air Base, Japan, secure an MB-4 tow vehicle into the cargo bay of a C-130J Super Hercules in support of Pacific Iron 2021, July 17, 2021. (U.S. AIR FORCE/SSG BRADEN ANDERSON)
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- Airman 1st Class Carson Christian assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron from Yokota Air Base, Japan marshals in an MB-4 tow vehicle into a C-130J Super Hercules in support of Pacific Iron 2021, July 17, 2021. (U.S. AIR FORCE/SSG BRADEN ANDERSON)
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- U.S. Air Force Maj. Joe Dicocco from the 389th Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho checks an F-15E Strike Eagle after arriving in support of Pacific Iron 2021 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, on July 14, 2021. (U.S. AIR FORCE/SSG BRADEN ANDERSON)
According to the 2018 NDS, DFE allows for more flexibility in using ready forces to proactively shape the strategic environment while maintaining readiness to respond to contingencies and ensure long-term warfighting readiness. (PR)
