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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Video by Tech. Sgt. Samantha Mathison
KC-135 Reserve units support RIMPAC 2018
Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet
July 24, 2018 | 0:06
180716-F-FS041-4329 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (July 16, 2018) - Time-lapse video of 507th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Reserve Citizen Airmen from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, installing an engine cover onto a KC-135 Stratotanker from Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, during the Rim of the Pacific exercise July 16. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, and about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security of the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Air Force video by Tech. Sgt. Samantha Mathison/Released)
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