Some 
400 airmen, soldiers, sailors, marines, and Canadian airmen are conducting joint training in air-to-ground support at Avon Park, Fla., for Atlantic Strike V. The US Central Command Air Forces semi-annual training event, which ends today, provides an opportunity to integrate USAF’s Remotely Operated Video Enhancement Receiver (ROVER) data into operations conducted by USAF joint terminal attack controllers and Army joint fires observer teams, reports SSgt. Amanda Savannah. Some of the training takes place in Avon Park to provide an urban setting, but the director of Atlantic Strike V, Maj. Raymond Brennan said that activities would be “transparent to most citizens.”
F-15E Aviator Missing in Iran Rescued by US Forces
April 5, 2026
The second crew member of the F-15E shot down April 3 has been rescued from Iran. U.S. forces recovered the aviator alive and all American forces involved in the operation are believed to be safe, U.S. officials told Air & Space Forces Magazine.