The 2017 edition of Eagle Resolve, the premier exercise for US forces to train with partner nations around the Persian Gulf, concluded Monday. About 100 airmen participated in the exercise, which began on March 19 in Kuwait, according to an email statement from US Central Command. This year’s Eagle Resolve “included a command post exercise, field training exercise, and senior leader seminar.” The training focused on “responding to asymmetric threats” and included scenarios dealing with “air defense concepts, border security operations, [and] counterterrorism operations and procedures.”
Amid NATO’s continued push to ramp up air defenses in Eastern Europe, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall swung by seven allied countries to boost relations last week, including those on Russia’s and Ukraine’s doorstep.