Provides Advanced Adversary Training For U.S. And Coalition Units

Bamboo Eagle is a realistic and modernized exercise designed to optimize operations at all levels of possible threat involvement for more than 3,000 personnel of the U.S. Air Force and 300 allied partners from the Royal Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force.

The most recent iteration, Bamboo Eagle 24-3 was held from August 2-9 and the Nellis Air Force-based Aggressor units and the 57th Operations Group intelligence flight made up the Red Force. The Red Force’s mission is to provide the most realistic, threat-representative, near-peer air combat adversaries for the most high-end training of U.S. and coalition personnel.

Lt. Col. Brandon Nauta, 65th Aggressor Squadron commander explained, “Bamboo Eagle 24-3 requires a dedicated Aggressor Nation team from all domains and aggressor units at Nellis to ensure the exercise participants face in both live fly and virtually, the most advanced and integrated adversary they have ever trained against. During execution, the aggressor units execute what they have been planning the past 6 months and put the participants to the test.”

Bamboo Eagle is an opportunity for airmen, allies, and partners to experience the most realistic training environment designed to test tactics, strategies to support U.S. national interests.

Lt. Col. Nauta continued, “One aspect of this exercise is that we don’t fight alone. Bamboo Eagle provides an environment that we can jointly train together, both on the Blue and Red sides, and better understand how each of us operate so we are better prepared to fight together if called upon.”

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