The Agile Combat Employment capabilities of a small contingent of airmen from the 55th Fighter Squadron will be tested as they work out of a deployed, simulated remote location.
The U.S. Air Force dispatched fighters and tankers to Kallax Air Base, in Lulea, Sweden, late last week to participate in an air exercise aimed at defeating enemy air defenses.
The Air Force will not be able to roll over a peer adversary's air defense network in a matter of days. But the service must still be prepared to provide close-air support on Day One of the campaign.
The U.S. Air Force was able to bomb Libya with impunity after knocking out its relic of an Integrated Air Defense System, but what if the country had actually maintained a competent IADS network?