The 32nd running of Ulchi Focus Lens is underway at Osan AB, South Korea. The UFL exercise tests command post elements for US and South Korea forces. Lt. Gen. Garry Trexler, 7th Air Force commander, says UFL helps teach younger personnel as it engages senior leaders in decision-making roles, and “equally important,” it tests the “most effective weapon system in the USAF inventory: our Air Operations Center.”
An important U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane was among the aircraft damaged in a March 27 Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine.