When President Bush attended the Summit of the Americas in Argentina, he took along a USAF E-3 AWACS to help provide airborne surveillance for the meeting of 33 North and South American leaders. The 552nd Air Control Wing, deployed from Tinker AFB, Okla., flew nine sorties during the weeklong summit. Wing officials said it was the largest E-3 deployment since the unit participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The AWACS team had host-nation military personnel, who provided the vital link between the E-3 and Argentinean ground control. The USAF E-3 aircraft worked with Argentine Air Force fighters, providing strike support for the meeting.
Less than a day after arriving in the Middle East, F-15E Strike Eagles from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. defended Israel from an Iranian attack in April 2024. DUDE flight, four F-15Es from the 335th Fighter Squadron, downed two dozen Iranian drones in roughly 45 minutes.