Aerial porters, also known as “port dawgs,” played a key role moving vital fighter cargo into position for the massive Bamboo Eagle exercise held earlier this month.
Bamboo Eagle
Contingency contracting officers can buy ice, gas, air conditioners, or whatever else the Air Force needs to operate from the austere airstrips that will play a key role in a near-peer conflict.
Airpower is a desired capability that everybody wants. Because it’s asymmetric, with a little bit of airpower, you can create a lot of effects.
The Air Force is underway with its first ever “Bamboo Eagle” exercise, which overlaps with the final days of Red Flag 24-1 and adds multi-domain elements—such as maritime warfare—as well as elements of of Agile Combat Employment to the Air Force’s premiere air dominance wargame.