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May 16, 2022
Hurlburt provides critical Lead Wing C2 expertise to 366th FW

The 705th Training Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, provided critical command and control expertise and training for the 366th Fighter Wing’s execution of their Lead Wing exercise, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Apr. 13-14.
May 16, 2022
505th CCW 1Q 2022 award winners

Col. Frederick “Trey” Coleman, 505th Command and Control Wing commander and Chief Master Sgt. Cornelious “CT” Thompson, 505th CCW command chief, hosted the wing’s first in-person quarterly awards ceremony in two years. The wing announced the winners for the first quarter of 2022, Hurlburt Field,
May 6, 2022
Hurlburt squadron supports largest U.S. Africa Command exercise

Airmen from the 505th Combat Training Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, supported the command post exercise African Lion 22, the “premiere joint multi-national exercise in the AFRICOM area of responsibility,” according to U.S. Army Maj. James Guglielmi, U.S. Army Southern European Task Force,
April 26, 2022
Air Force leads a new era in air component training through BLUE FLAG exercises

Airmen from the 505th Combat Training Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, executed exercise BLUE FLAG, which tested Pacific Air Forces’ ability to prevail in conflict against a strategic competitor as well as the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command air component’s ability to defend against escalating
April 19, 2022
VIRTUAL FLAG: Homeland Defense exercise sharpens skills, deters enemy aggression

VIRTUAL FLAG 22-2: Homeland Defense exercise was successfully executed at the 705th Combat Training Squadron’s Distributed Mission Operation Center, or DMOC, located at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, and distributed locations around the world from March 28 – Apr. 1.
April 6, 2022
AWACS demonstrates historic firsts, receives and processes in-air EW updates in minutes

For the first time, the U.S. Air Force’s E-3G airborne warning and control system aircraft, or AWACS, demonstrated the ability to receive and process in-air electronic warfare software updates derived from EW data collected and transmitted while in flight.
March 18, 2022
505th TTG provides C2 expertise to 23rd WG‘s Ready Tiger exercise

The 505th Test and Training Group, Hurlburt Field, Florida, provided critical command and control expertise during the 23rd Wing’s execution of their Lead Wing exercise, Ready Tiger 22-01 at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, Feb. 28 to March 4.
March 9, 2022
DMOC brings Winter Fury to INDOPACOM

The 705th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Distributed Mission Operations Center, completed the second successful iteration of its “Fury” exercises in partnership with the 3rd Marine Air Wing. The DMOC developed the virtual scenarios for both Summer and Winter Fury exercises focused in
Feb. 25, 2022
505th CCW 2021 Annual Award Winners

The 505th Command and Control Wing, headquartered on Hurlburt Field, Florida, hosted their 2021 Annual Awards Ceremony virtually via Zoom on Feb. 25, 2022.
Feb. 17, 2022
USAFWC vice commander visits 505th CCW

Brig. Gen. Lamar Pettus, USAF Warfare Center vice commander, met with Col. Trey Coleman, 505th Command and Control Wing commander, and his senior leaders to discuss the wing's key missions: joint and coalition exercises and training, operational testing, and the modernization and innovation of