The RAF and UK Space Command have taken part in a multinational exercise to strengthen joint warfighting capability.<\/p>\n
Exercise Virtual Flag saw UK personnel, joined by US, Canadian and Australian forces, take part in training hosted by the US Air Force.<\/p>\n
The aim of the exercise is to enhance cooperation between the nations when it comes to modern warfare.<\/p>\n
Over 300 people took part in the exercise, which was hosted by the\u00a0705th Combat Training Squadron\u00a0at\u00a0Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.<\/p>\n
The personnel took on several virtual scenarios to refine their ability to fight and win together.<\/p>\n
The US Marine Corps were also included to add an extra dimension of integrating ground troops into air and space operations.<\/p>\n
The computer-generated threats aimed to simulate real-world combat conditions \u2013 some with a focus on the Indo-Pacific region, which the UK Carrier Strike Group was deployed to this year.<\/p>\n
The exercise also allowed the allies to share their methods with each other to allow them to counter threats posed to their joint security.<\/p>\n
Exercise director Major Rikki Antaramian-Feightner said: “Each nation brings a unique set of tools, protocols, and decision-making processes to the table.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“We saw first-hand how effective we can be when these diverse systems integrate seamlessly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“But it takes practice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Exercises like VFC are crucial, allowing us to refine communication and interoperability in ways that live combat cannot.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Even with obstacles, such as limited communications or asymmetric tactics, we were able to maintain coordination and execute operations effectively.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The RAF and UK Space Command have taken part in a multinational exercise to strengthen joint warfighting capability.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-344737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}