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 Airman 1st Class Eric Mann
Exercise Trident Juncture, Ultimate Reach
18th Air Force
Nov. 5, 2015 | 3:53
Approximately 200 members of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, partnered with 18th Air Force's Joint Base Charleston, S.C., C-17 Globemaster III crews for a practice jump over Pope Army Airfield, N.C., Nov. 2, 2015, in preparation for Exercise Ultimate Reach Nov. 2-8 in Spain. Ultimate Reach in an annual U.S. Transportation Command-sponsored live-fly exercise designed to evaluate 18th Air Force's transportation units' ability to plan and conduct strategic airdrop missions. Ultimate Reach 16 is a sub-exercise of Exercise Trident Juncture, NATO's largest global exercise in 20 years, which consists of 36,000 troops from more than 35 NATO nations. The Ultimate Reach portion of the exercise enhances 18th Air Force's interoperability and partnership with NATO allies and sister services. (U.S. Air Force video by SrA Eric Mann/released)
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