The Department of the Air Force recently concluded its Department-Level Exercise series, a month-long series of exercises conducted across the Indo-Pacific, including Resolute Force Pacific, Resolute Space, Mobility Guardian 2025, Emerald Warrior and Bamboo Eagle 25-3. The exercises enhanced readiness and interoperability with allies and partners, while providing critical lessons learned for future operations.
“The Department of the Air Force is focused on becoming a stronger, more lethal deterrent force,” said Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink. “The way we will fight in future conflicts is constantly evolving, and this month-long exercise series shows we are investing in readiness and training to meet national security challenges. Our Airmen and Guardians were able to rapidly deploy forces, achieve space superiority, ensure sustained logistics in contested environments and effectively work alongside our allies and partners.”
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Trinity Parker, a loadmaster with the 22nd Airlift Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., unloads cargo off a C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during the Air Force’s 2025 Department-Level Exercise series, July 14, 2025. The DLE strengthens and demonstrates the U.S. Air Force’s ability to reach theater at speed and scale, sustain operations, and rapidly pivot to any theater of operation at a moment’s notice, while maintaining the strategic initiative. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dalton Williams)
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Thomas Hansford, 1st Combat Camera Squadron aerial combat camera journeyman, documents a mission on a U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II during Emerald Warrior 25.2 in California, July 30, 2025. The multi-domain training is part of the Department of the Air Force’s first-in-a-generation Department-Level-Exercise series, demonstrating the capacity to execute and sustain advanced operations in contested, dynamic environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Emily Farnsworth)
As part of the unit’s participation in the Department-Level Exercise (DLE) series focused on the Indo-Pacific region, Airmen assigned to the 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard, load gear onto a C-130 Hercules at the Wyoming Air National Guard Base in Cheyenne, Wyo., July 7, 2025. The 153rd Airlift Wing operates the C-130 Hercules, conducting cargo transport, personnel movement, and aeromedical evacuation missions in support of global air mobility operations. During the Department-Level Exercise series, Air Mobility Command assets enabled the Department of the Air Force’s capacity to execute rapid force flow, Agile Combat Employment, and logistics in contested environments. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Jon Alderman)
