The 2017 edition of Eagle Resolve, the premier exercise for US forces to train with partner nations around the Persian Gulf, concluded Monday. About 100 airmen participated in the exercise, which began on March 19 in Kuwait, according to an email statement from US Central Command. This year’s Eagle Resolve “included a command post exercise, field training exercise, and senior leader seminar.” The training focused on “responding to asymmetric threats” and included scenarios dealing with “air defense concepts, border security operations, [and] counterterrorism operations and procedures.”
The Pentagon announced framework agreements for new multiyear deals with three companies to mass-produce more affordable, less exquisite air-to-ground missiles for the Air Force, part of a larger strategy to bring cheaper firepower to a future fight.