Royal Air Force deepens command role in Bamboo Eagle 26-1 to strengthen allied decision-making and C2 integration

Massive Bamboo Eagle Exercise Returns, with Focus on C2

The Air Force kicked off one of its biggest exercises this week with the latest edition of Bamboo Eagle, featuring combined virtual and live training scenarios focused on test the command-and-control “nervous system” leaders need to operate on a complex joint battlefield spread over vast distances. This iteration will have roughly 10,000 personnel—more than 9,000 service U.S. service members and about 1,000 other allied personnel, including fro…

Royal Air Force deepens command role in Bamboo Eagle 26-1 to strengthen allied decision-making and C2 integration

The exercise is designed to pressure the systems, people and processes that connect commanders to forces in a simulated modern battlespace. It emphasizes the speed, resilience and integration of command and control from the strategic level down to the tactical edge. “In any conflict, the ability to make fast, effective decisions across vast distances is decisive,” said U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. David Epperson, USAFWC commander. “Bamboo Eagle doe…