About Justified Accord

Justified Accord is U.S. Africa Command’s largest exercise in East Africa. Led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), this multi-national exercise brings together more than 20 countries from 3 continents to increase partner readiness for peacekeeping missions, crisis response and humanitarian assistance.​ 

Southern European Task Force - Africa leads this joint, all-domain exercise in East Africa to enable future operations, maintain strategic access, and build partner capacity to disrupt malign influence, aggression, and activity.

Justified Accord 25 features the first-ever night iteration of air-to-ground integration (AGI) operations where partner countries control Kenyan air assets to provide air support of multinational land forces.

This years iteration also marks the 10-year anniversary of the State Partnership Program between the Massachusetts National Guard and the Kenya Defence Forces. This milestone highlights a decade of sustained military cooperation, training exchanges and capacity-building efforts between the two forces.

Read the Press Release here.

   

 

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Thunderbird #8 site surveys Beale AFB ahead of June Air and Space Show
9th Reconnaissance Wing
Feb. 7, 2025 | 11:10
U.S. Air Force Thunderbird #8 visited Beale Air Force Base, California, to conduct a site survey in preparation for Beale's upcoming Air and Space Show on February 7, 2025. This video contains b-roll of Thunderbird #8, an F-16D General Dynamics Fighting Falcon's flight, site survey, landing, taxiing and take-off. This video also contains interviews of U.S. Air Force Maj. Bryce Turner, United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron "Thunderbirds" Thunderbird #8 pilot, and 2nd Lt. Sharon Cardenas, 9th Reconnaissance Wing public affairs officer. (U.S. Air Force video by Frederick A. Brown)
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