The Air Warfare Center at Nellis AFB, Nev., had just graduated 35 new “aggressors,” the first crop from its new Aggressor 101 training course. The two-week course provides the baseline for airmen who “play the bad guy in various exercises, reports Lt. Col. Richard Pearcy of the 57th Adversary Tactics Group. The 57th ATG comprises 575 airmen and eight squadrons, covering air, ground, space, and cyber threats, and plans to add two more squadrons next year, making the 57th even more of a “threats central.”
The Thunderbirds will kick off their 2021 season on April 17, debuting an overhauled aerial performance routine following a 2020 air show season largely canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The U.S. Air Force Demonstration Team will debut the new routine at the Cocoa Beach Air Show in Florida April…