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609th Air Operations Center

Kessel Run Signs ‘Historic’ Agreement With ACC. Here’s What It Means

Oct. 22, 2021 | By Greg Hadley
As part of a continued overhaul of the Air Force’s approach to software acquisition, the Kessel Run software factory signed a user agreement with Air Combat Command last month. The new agreement is a significant milestone in how the MAJCOM and the software factory will ...

AFCENT Can Now Generate Air Tasking Orders in the Cloud

May 14, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
The 609th Air Operations Center at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, in early May became the Air Force’s first AOC to operationally use the Kessel Run All Domain Operations Suite to build an air tasking order. The new cloud-based system allows planners to build an ...

The Air and Space Forces Want to Break the Mold. Here’s How They’re Starting.

Sept. 14, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
The Department of the Air Force’s top officers are beginning to lay the groundwork for changes to how they manage and provide air and space forces to commanders around the world. In his first month as Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Charles Q. Brown ...

Social Distancing Inside Air Operations Centers During a Pandemic

April 9, 2020 | By Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory and Amy Hudson
Air Operations Centers are critical command and control nodes that typically involve a lot of people sitting close together in a confined space. So how does the Air Force maintain that mission while also protecting its personnel during a global pandemic? Air Force Magazine talked ...
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