At AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference, CAE takes Air & Space Forces Magazine behind the scenes of Valiant Shield 26, a Pacific exercise in June and July of 2026 focused on integrated air and missile defense and the defense of Guam. Matthew Martins explains how CAE used live, virtual, and constructive (LVC) simulation to generate complex threats and enable Army, Navy, and Air Force teams to train together on operational command-and-control networks.
The Air Force is targeting August 2027 for its new T-7A Red Hawk trainer jet to reach its initial operational capability. To get there, the head of Air and Education Training has three milestones he needs to see the program hit.
