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July 24, 2023
Hayde takes command of 505th Command and Control Wing

Col. Ryan Hayde became the commander of the 505th Command and Control Wing during a change of command ceremony in the Commando Hangar at Hurlburt Field, Florida, on July 20, becoming the newest leader responsible for the U.S. Air Force's only wing dedicated to operational-level command and control.
June 12, 2023
AF hosts humanitarian aid disaster relief training exercise for AOCs, historic first FAA participation

505th Combat Training Squadron Airmen executed a Regional Air Movement Coordination Center exercise to test the capabilities of air operations centers and train two air component specialty teams to respond to a humanitarian aid/disaster relief, or HA/DR, operations at Hurlburt Field, Florida, May 15
June 5, 2023
US facilitates Japan AOC C2 training

Three years in the making, the 505th Training Squadron fulfilled a request by the government of Japan to assist with understanding how an air operations center plans and executes and how to build instructional standards to enable airpower at the operational level of war.
June 1, 2023
Incoming and outgoing commanders share rural county Tennessee roots

Two northwest Tennessee rural county residents took part in the 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Detachment 2’s change of command ceremony on May 19 at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.
May 26, 2023
505th CCW 1Q 2023 Award Winners

Col. Frederick “Trey” Coleman, 505th Command and Control Wing commander and Chief Master Sgt. Bridget "BB" Bruhn, 505th CCW command chief, hosted the wing’s first quarter awards ceremony. The wing announced the winners for the first quarter of 2023 at Hurlburt Field, Florida, May 25.
May 17, 2023
AF Battle Lab supports cross-service airspace/fires management field experiment

The 805th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Shadow Operations Center – Nellis, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, hosted Field Experiment 1, or FX-1, to increase efficiency in airspace management and joint fires integrations between Army and Air Force Tactical Command and Control, or TAC C2,
May 11, 2023
AOC FTU reopens for initial qualification training

Undertaking the largest modernization of Air Operations Center initial qualification training in the history of the unit, the 505th Training Squadron has reopened its doors for students to attend training.
March 21, 2023
Air Force releases 102nd Uniform Board results for Airmen, Guardians

The DAF approved several uniform initiatives for implementation effective April 1.
March 20, 2023
ACC, Kessel Run C2 leaders discuss evolution of air operation centers

Command and control experts from Air Combat Command and Air Force Material Command’s Kessel Run discussed the future of the air operations center weapon system during a panel at the 2023 Air and Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium, on March 7, 2023.
March 20, 2023
Air Force incorporates Agile Combat Employment in RED FLAG 23-1

As flying units from around the globe converged at Nellis Air Force Base for RED FLAG 23-1, the 505th Command and Control Wing welcomed the 355th Wing’s Command and Control Force Element, or C2FE, from Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, to execute as the first Lead Wing C2FE in a Tier 1 Large Force