Jan. 13, 2022 Multirole AFCENT Airmen, Marines take to skies, strengthen joint interoperability, lethality A U.S. Air Force E-11A Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) takes off from Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jan. 4, 2022, to fly and train with U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornets and a variety of additional aircraft from across the region. The E-11A is a communication relay
March 15, 2021 ISR platforms level-up in Agile Combat Employment capstone Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance platforms assigned to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing conducted rapid airpower movements in support of a U.S. Air Forces Central Agile Combat Employment capstone event from Feb. 28 to March 4.
Feb. 8, 2017 Combat runs on BACN The Battlefield Airborne Communications Node will reach 10,000 combat missions within the next month, hitting a significant milestone just as the program office here works to expand the current fleet to eight combat-ready platforms.
March 10, 2015 Hawk soars past 10,000 flying-hour milestone Shortly before dawn Mar. 7, an RQ-4 Global Hawk embarked on an Operation Inherent Resolve mission that sent the aircraft soaring past the 10,000 flying hour milestone at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia.RQ-4 Global Hawk aircraft 2019, or “A2019”, was the first block 20 and first RQ-4B model