Kenney Proves Its Worth: Military personnel from the US and Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, and Thailand last week completed exercise Cobra Gold, featuring a command post exercise, multiple field training exercises, and humanitarian operations in Thailand and Hawaii. The air operations center at Pacific Air Forces Kenney Warfighting Headquarters included an embedded staff of 10 Thai and five Singaporean officers that planned and executed the air operations portion of the exercise. “We were embedded right from the start of the exercise and we’ve held positions from director level to division level in plans, operations, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance,” said Lt. Col. Calvin Ng, of the Singapore Air Force.
Sticker Shock Drags Out USAF’s E-7 Negotiations with Boeing
April 18, 2024
While a deal on the E-7 Wedgetail airborne battle management jet may come soon, negotiations are stuck on the high price Boeing is asking for the development jets, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said recently.