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 last remaining T-1 Jayhawk at JBSA-Randolph, Texas, took its final flight to the "Boneyard" at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on July 15. The 99th Flying Training Squadron will train pilots using T-6 and simulator until it gets T-7 Red Hawk in fiscal 2026.