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USAF debuts first large-scale virtual command and control platform 26 May 2021 (Last Updated May 26th, 2021 16:35)
The US Air Force has unveiled the first large-scale virtual command and control platform.
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The new virtual reality system being tested at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Alpena, Michigan. Credit: USAF / Senior Airman Lawrence Sena.
The US Air Force’s (USAF) Air Mobility Command (AMC) has debuted a next-generation all-domain command and control platform that is accessible from anywhere.
In the wake of training gaps caused by Covid restrictions, the Headquarters Air Force directed the Security Forces Enterprise in May 2020 to execute a ‘capabilities-based assessment’.
Air Mobility Command premiered a proof-of-concept for a next-generation all-domain command and control platform during Exercise Mobility Guardian 2021, May 25, 2021. ,
ALPENA â Exercise Mobility Guardian 2021, the Air Forceâs largest and longest exercise ensuring readiness to move military personnel and equipment in combat operations, is scheduled to begin at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center on May 15.
More than 1,800 exercise participants will operate 18 mobility aircraft at six locations in Michigan and Wisconsin through May 27 in order to validate Air Mobility Commandâs readiness to provide Rapid Global Mobility for America and the Joint Force.
Additional exercise locations include Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport, Michigan and Volk Field, Wisconsin, with Air National Guard units from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio flying in the exercise.
The biennial exercise includes AMCâs first large-scale integration of cutting-edge concepts to advance warfighting capabilities. Multi-Capable Mobility Airmen will demonstrate speed and agility while enabling refueling and re-arming of fighter aircraft in an austere location. Airc