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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kurt Rainey (center), a passenger service agent with the 732nd Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron, deployed from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, exercises the Multi-Capable Airman concept by serving as a head marshaller for a C-130 departure during Exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-1 at Naval Air Station North Island, California, Jan. 26, 2024. The MCA training framework provides a consolidated training and educational approach for Airmen to conduct a wide range of military operations. The U.S. Air Force Warfare Center is hosting the first iteration of Bamboo Eagle, with flight operations occurring in a designated airspace off the coast of Southern California through Feb. 2. BE 24-1 is a first-of-its-kind U.S. Air Force Warfare Center-directed exercise composed of approximately 3,000 U.S. joint service members, allies and partners from the Royal Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force, and more than 150 aircraft from 24 units dispersed across 10 locations in the western U.S. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Curt Beach)

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U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing, deployed from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, arrive in support of Exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-1 at Naval Air Station North Island, California, Jan. 26, 2024. NAS North Island served as one of the spokes within the hub-and-spoke concept of operations in BE 24-1, with the hub and command and control (C2) operations located at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. BE 24-1 is a first-of-its-kind U.S. Air Force Warfare Center-directed exercise composed of approximately 3,000 U.S. joint service members, allies and partners from the Royal Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force, and more than 150 aircraft from 24 units dispersed across more than 10 locations in the western U.S. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Curt Beach)

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Alyssa Bradshaw, 732nd Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron load team chief, deployed from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, directs cargo arrival from a C-130 Hercules during Exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-1 at Naval Air Station North Island, California, Jan. 26, 2024. BE 24-1 is a first-of-its-kind exercise directed by the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center and is composed of approximately 3,000 U.S. joint service members, allies and partners from the Royal Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force, and more than 150 aircraft from 24 units dispersed across more than 10 locations in the western U.S. Through the use of designated air space, BE 24-1 provides Airmen, allies and partners a flexible, combat-representative, multidimensional battlespace to conduct testing tactics development, and advanced training in support of U.S. national interests. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Curt Beach)

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Alyssa Bradshaw, 732nd Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron load team chief, deployed from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, directs cargo arrival from a C-130 Hercules during Exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-1 at Naval Air Station North Island, California, Jan. 26, 2024. BE 24-1 is a first-of-its-kind exercise directed by the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center and is composed of approximately 3,000 U.S. joint service members, allies and partners from the Royal Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force, and more than 150 aircraft from 24 units dispersed across more than 10 locations in the western U.S. Through the use of designated air space, BE 24-1 provides Airmen, allies and partners a flexible, combat-representative, multidimensional battlespace to conduct testing tactics development, and advanced training in support of U.S. national interests. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Curt Beach)

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Alyssa Bradshaw, 732nd Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron load team chief, deployed from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, directs cargo arrival from a C-130 Hercules during Exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-1 at Naval Air Station North Island, California, Jan. 26, 2024. BE 24-1 is a first-of-its-kind exercise directed by the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center and is composed of approximately 3,000 U.S. joint service members, allies and partners from the Royal Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force, and more than 150 aircraft from 24 units dispersed across more than 10 locations in the western U.S. Through the use of designated air space, BE 24-1 provides Airmen, allies and partners a flexible, combat-representative, multidimensional battlespace to conduct testing tactics development, and advanced training in support of U.S. national interests. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Curt Beach)

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kurt Rainey, a passenger service agent with the 732nd Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron, deployed from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, exercises the Multi-Capable Airman concept by serving as a head marshaller for a C-130 arrival during Exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-1 at Naval Air Station North Island, California, Jan. 26, 2024. The MCA training framework provides a consolidated training and educational approach for Airmen to conduct a wide range of military operations. The U.S. Air Force Warfare Center is hosting the first iteration of Bamboo Eagle, with flight operations occurring in a designated airspace off the coast of Southern California through Feb. 2. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Curt Beach)

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F-22 Raptors deployed under the 525th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, sit on the airfield in front of a San Diego skyline during Exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-1 at Naval Air Station North Island, California, Jan. 26, 2024. BE 24-1 is a first-of-its-kind exercise directed by the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center and is composed of approximately 3,000 U.S. joint service members, allies and partners from the Royal Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force, and more than 150 aircraft from 24 units dispersed across more than 10 locations in the western U.S. Through the use of designated air space, BE 24-1 provides Airmen, allies and partners a flexible, combat-representative, multidimensional battlespace to conduct testing tactics development and advanced training in support of U.S. national interests. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Curt Beach)

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F-22 Raptors deployed under the 525th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, sit on the airfield in front of a San Diego skyline during Exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-1 at Naval Air Station North Island, California, Jan. 26, 2024. BE 24-1 is a first-of-its-kind exercise directed by the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center and is composed of approximately 3,000 U.S. joint service members, allies and partners from the Royal Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force, and more than 150 aircraft from 24 units dispersed across more than 10 locations in the western U.S. Through the use of designated air space, BE 24-1 provides Airmen, allies and partners a flexible, combat-representative, multidimensional battlespace to conduct testing tactics development and advanced training in support of U.S. national interests. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Curt Beach)

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U.S. Navy personnel oversee and coordinate air operations at Building 516 at Naval Air Station North Island, California, Jan. 26, 2024. NAS North Island served as one of the spokes within the hub-and-spoke concept of operations during Exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-1, with the hub and command-and-control force element located at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. During BE 24-1, warfighters implement all-domain combat-power generation from disaggregated basing locations throughout the western part of the U.S., while incorporating scenarios in distributed command and control, agile logistics, and tactical air-to-air refueling. Airmen will also tackle agile combat employment, and the larger challenges of persistent logistics, by adapting techniques most often associated with special operations forces but on a much larger scale. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Curt Beach)

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3rd AEW arrives at spoke NAS North Island for Bamboo Eagle 24-1

Published Feb. 2, 2024
By Tech. Sgt. Curt Beach
673rd ABW/PA

NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. --

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kurt Rainey (center), a passenger service agent with the 732nd Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron, deployed from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, exercises the Multi-Capable Airman concept by serving as a head marshaller for a C-130 Hercules departure during Exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-1 at Naval Air Station North Island, California, Jan. 26, 2024. The MCA training framework provides a consolidated training and educational approach for Airmen to conduct a wide range of military operations. The U.S. Air Force Warfare Center is hosting the first iteration of Bamboo Eagle, with flight operations occurring in a designated airspace off the coast of Southern California through Feb. 2. Bamboo Eagle 24-1 is a first-of-its-kind U.S. Air Force Warfare Center-directed exercise composed of approximately 3,000 U.S. joint service members, allies and partners from the Royal Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force, and more than 150 aircraft from 24 units dispersed across 10 locations in the western U.S. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Curt Beach)

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