The USAF Weapons School at Nellis AFB, Nev., is increasingly using Air National Guard fighter rotations to provide aggressor support and is looking to formalize a more permanent relationship. Since Nellis inactivated its F-15 aggressor squadron last September, the school has faced a perennial shortage. “Over the last six months, we have asked the Guard to provide even more support in the adversary role. It’s something that we need, due to a reduced number of Active Duty assets,” school Deputy Commandant Lt. Col. Jon Berardinelli, said in a release. “A formal arrangement is going to take a collaborative effort and commitments across all major commands and the National Guard Bureau—all for the greater good,” he said. Nellis signed a long-term deal for contracted “red air” from Draken International back in September. Massachusetts ANG F-15C/Ds and some 114 pilots, maintainers, and support personnel from the 104th Fighter Wing at Barnes ANGB, Mass., deployed to Nellis to support the most recent two-week training phase, according to the release.
Wilsbach on Key Takeaway from Pacific ABMS Onramp
Oct. 27, 2020
Real-time, highly-detailed airfield status around the Pacific theater was one of the standout features of the September Valiant Shield/Advanced Battle Management experiment run in September, Pacific Air Forces chief Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach reported at an AFA Mitchell Institute streaming event Oct. 27. It's the single feature he would most…