The 606th Air Control Squadron deployed to six locations in Southwest Asia to provide command and control of aircraft in the fight against ISIS as well as continued operations in Afghanistan. The squadron departed Spangdahlem AB, Germany, in early April and will remain in Southwest Asia for the next several months to control the 480th Fighter Squadron, the NATO E-3 AWACS, and other visiting aircraft for both Operation Inherent Resolve and Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, according to a Spangdahlem release. The squadron, which is made up of personnel in about 21 Air Force specialties, is slated to leave Spangdahlem and relocate to Aviano AB, Italy, as part of the European Infrastructure Consolidation, and then deploy again in 2017, 606th ACS Commander Lt. Col. Aaron Gibney said in the release.
More USAF ‘Operational Imperatives’ Likely Coming
Aug. 11, 2022
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall distilled the top fighting priorities of the Air Force and Space Force into seven “operational imperatives” chiefly as a mechanism to identify the spending transitions needed in the fiscal 2023 budget. But they are likely to persist, and more—on electronic warfare, cyber, and munitions—may be…