Air Combat Command plays host next week at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., to this year’s iteration of Angel Thunder, the worlds’ largest multinational personnel recovery exercise. It runs April 12-23. In addition to Air Force rescue teams and recovery aircraft, personnel and platforms from across the US military and other federal agencies will participate, as will those of the armed forces of Brazil, Britain, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. (Langley release)
The U.S. military is maintaining a beefed-up presence in the Middle East, including fighters and air defense assets, following the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities June 22 and subsequent retaliation by the Iranians against Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
