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Sept. 9, 2025
Allies unite in tactical and operational C2 during Bamboo Eagle 25-3

Bamboo Eagle 25-3 united U.S. and allied forces across multiple continents to practice tactical and operational command and control in a contested environment. Led by the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center, the exercise tested joint and coalition responses to complex short-notice threats, sharpening
Aug. 19, 2025
Forging the Fight Together: Synchronizing Joint Operations in Bamboo Eagle 25-3

Bamboo Eagle 25-3 pushed the boundaries of 21st-century mission command, leveraging the Distributed Mission Operations Center, or DMOC, to forge agile, resilient leaders. In a synthetic battlespace, the joint force rehearsed decentralized execution and empowered decision-making to achieve decision
Sept. 10, 2024
Air Force examines emerging tactics during Bamboo Eagle

More than 10,000 personnel from the Department of Defense, the United Kingdom, and Australia participated in exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-3, a combat-representative exercise including operational test and evaluation experts from the 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron. The OT&E experts’ mission was to
June 27, 2024
Andrews takes command of 605th TES, Detachment 1

During a formal ceremony, Lt. Col. Matthew “Mandrews” Andrews took command of the 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Detachment 1, from Lt. Col. Katherine “Katy” Maier, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, June 25.
Dec. 7, 2023
Combined US, coalition force increase combat effectiveness during Indo-Pacific Virtual Flag exercise

For the first time in the fourteen-year history of the Virtual Flag: Coalition exercise, integrated forces from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada fought against a peer adversary in a virtual Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. To increase combat effectiveness, the combined
Nov. 17, 2022
US, UK, Australian and Canadian forces operate as a combined force in exercise VIRTUAL FLAG: Coalition

“Fights on” loudly echos across the battlespace kicking off exercise VIRTUAL FLAG: Coalition 23-1 at the Distributed Mission Operations Center at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, and distributed sites across four countries, during the first day of an eleven-day exercise.
June 28, 2022
605th TES, Det 1 welcomes new commander

The 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Detachment 1 welcomed their new commander, Maj. Katherine Maier, during a change of command ceremony, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, June 13.
Nov. 12, 2020
KC-46 tests command and control during ABMS onramp 3

The 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Detachment 1 from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, participated in the most recent Advanced Battle Management System onramp experiment during exercise Valiant Shield at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, September 15-25, 2020.

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