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 Kyle Saunders
Air Force Combat Weather
23rd Wing
Feb. 28, 2018 | 2:20
The United States Army doesn't have their own weather personnel, so they rely on the expertise of the Air Force Weather Forecasters attached to their unit. These Airmen, known as Staff Weather Officers (SWO), relay pertinent weather updates in a timely manner to ensure maximum effectiveness of Army forces anywhere, anytime, and in any weather conditions.

1st Interviewee: SSgt Kevin Byrne; Air Force Weather Forecaster, 3d Weather Squadron
2nd Interviewee: SSgt Kristopher Day-Bottai; Air Force Weather Forecaster 3d Weather Squadron

Footage taken at National Training Center, Fort Irwin, CA (Feb 18th-24th 2018)
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