CSAF visits ShOC-N during Bamboo Eagle 24-3

U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin, right, speaks with Maj. Gen. Christopher Niemi, the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center commander, inside the Shadow Operations Center-Nellis (SHOC-N) during a visit to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Aug. 5, 2024 to observe Bamboo Eagle 24-3. The 805th Combat Training Squadron, also called the SHOC-N, is the Air Combat Command’s focal point for experimenting with and developing new command and control technologies and strategies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brianna Vetro)

CSAF, CMSAF visit ShOC-N during Bamboo Eagle 24-3

U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin, right, and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Chief David Flosi, center, listen as Maj. Gen. Christopher Niemi, U.S. Air Force Warfare Center commander, left, discusses Bamboo Eagle’s focus on tactical operations with operational-level of war elements such as the fully-resourced air operations center, Air Force forces staff and the Commander, AFFOR and Combined/Joint Forces Air Component Commander at the Shadow Operations Center, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Aug. 5, 2024. Exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-3 executed live-fly operations in the eastern Pacific and a simultaneous 24-hour live, virtual, and constructive rolling scenario, tackling issues involving distributed command and control, communications degradation, logistics and sustainment challenges, and tyranny of distance. (Computer screens, papers, and badges were blurred/edited for security purposes and photo cropped to focus on subject.) (U.S. Air Force photo by Deb Henley)

CSAF, CMSAF visit ShOC-N during Bamboo Eagle 24-3

U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin, left, listens to Lt. Col. Michael Power, 505th Combat Training Squadron commander, brief how the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center’s exercise Bamboo Eagle incorporated a fully-resourced air operations center and Air Force forces battle staff into the exercise, placing wing commander’s and their command and control force elements into a realistic combat environment to prepare them for competition with a peer adversary at the Shadow Operations Center, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Aug. 5, 2024. Exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-3 executed live-fly operations in the eastern Pacific and a simultaneous 24-hour live, virtual, and constructive rolling scenario, tackling issues involving distributed command and control, communications degradation, logistics and sustainment challenges, and tyranny of distance. (Computer screens, papers, and badges were blurred/edited for security purposes and photo cropped to focus on subject.) (U.S. Air Force photo by Deb Henley)