Operation Dynamic Weasel is the name USAF has given to a tactics and techniques training exercise set to take place at Shaw AFB, S.C., on Dec. 2. The activity will feature F-16CJ and B-1B aircraft, integrated with air operations and support centers and airborne command and control in a combat-like scenario. Maj. Anthony Roberson, with Shaw’s 20th Fighter Wing, says a late 2006 Dynamic Weasel will include Army and Navy participants.
U.S. Southern Command recently announced its first lethal strike on a suspected narco-trafficking vessel in two months, and the first under a newly formed permanent counter-cartel task force. The U.S. is also reportedly planning to transfer MQ-9 drones to Colombia to bolster its counter-cartel efforts.