The
19th Airlift Wing’s ROCKI 21-02 exercise at Volk Field Air National Guard Base came to a close May 6, as the wing assessed its ability to deploy into theater as a lead Air Expeditionary Wing–becoming
Air Mobility Command’s first to experiment with the lead wing construct in a dynamic exercise environment.
The overarching intent of ROCKI 21-02 focused on testing the rapid insertion of an AEW into a bare-base environment, establishing logistics and communications with theater command and control in order to receive follow-on forces, generate mission employment, and project combat power across all domains.
“Today’s adversaries possess the capability to strike our operational centers of gravity, directly threatening our capability to project agile combat airlift,” said