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 Senior Airman Johnny Diaz, Airman 1st Class Hunter Hites
TACPs test their skills and grit in the CHAOS competition
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson
Oct. 8, 2024 | 3:27
B-roll of U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) specialists participating in the CHAOS Challenge hosted by the 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 25-26, 2024. The CHAOS competition is a PACAF-wide event where TACP specialists, representing their respective squadrons, meet to test their physical and mental capabilities ranging from fitness tests and rucks to communications building, marksman trials, and other Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) events. (U.S. Air Force video by A1C Hunter Hites. Edited by Senior Airman Johnny Diaz)
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