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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Videos
Video by Master Sgt. Burt Traynor
First in-flight test of a Negatively Pressurized Conex (B-Roll)
1st Combat Camera Squadron
May 1, 2020 | 4:11
A multi-agency team conducts the first in-flight test of a Negatively Pressurized Conex (NPC) aboard a C-17 Globemaster III, assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, S.C., April 30, 2020. The Agile Combat Support Directorate’s (ACS), Air Force CBRN Defense Systems Branch (AFLCMC/WNU) partnered with the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense (JPEO CBRND), along with many other organizations across the Dept of Defense and Academia tested the NPC for potential use as a transport module for individuals infected with the COVID-19 virus and other highly infectious diseases. The NPC was rapidly developed and designed to enable safe transport of up to 28 passengers, as well as teams of medical professionals to medical facilities around the globe. (U.S. Air Force video by Master Sgt. Burt Traynor)
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