• Tropic Tundra 26 kicks off

    U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Tin Teiko, 673d Security Forces defender pulls an extension cord to inflate a tent during Exercise Tropic Tundra 26 at Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, May 11, 2026. Airmen assigned to the 3rd Wing and 673d Air Base Wing came together to form the 3rd Air

  • Bamboo Eagle 24-1 leadership visit spoke NAS North Island

    BE 24-1 was 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

  • 3 AEW conducts operations at spoke NAS North Island for Bamboo Eagle 24-1

    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 implemented all-domain combat-power generation from

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

    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