Story by 1st Lt. Lindsey Weichel | 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing | 01.29.2026
The 87th Electronic Warfare Squadron (EWS) conducted a historic, first-of-its-kind developmental assessment of the HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopter and a routine assessment of the HC-130J Combat King II aircraft at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Th evaluations, part of the COMBAT SHIELD program, were designed to test the enhanced electronic warfare (EW) systems of these aircraft, which are......
Story by Jean Han | 1st Armored Division | 07.20.2020
FORT BLISS, Texas - Imagine dismantling enemy forces without having boots on the ground or firing a single shot. Imagine knowing who and where your enemy is, what they are saying, and what they are doing -- without them ever hearing or seeing you. It may seem like the impossible, but for America’s Tank Division, this will soon become their new reality, as they will be the first unit in......
Story by Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Hehnly | 386th Air Expeditionary Wing | 08.30.2017
Often times when we think about how air power is used in the fight against ISIS, we think about cargo aircraft delivering critical supplies and personnel to the frontlines or bombs being dropped onto targets. What’s not often thought of is how the Air Force has the non-kinetic ability to disrupt enemy communications on the ground and therefore the ability to turn the tables on the battlefield....
Story by Mathuel Browne | Marine Corps Systems Command | 09.07.2016
The Marine Corps will soon receive a new communication jamming system that will give Marines the operational edge in expeditionary maneuver warfare, operations ashore and future cyber roles. The Communication Emitter Sensing and Attack System II, or CESAS II, is the Corps’ sole high power, ground-mobile electronic attack asset that gives the Marine Air-Ground Task Force the capability to......
Story by Capt. Raymond Geoffroy | 455th Air Expeditionary Wing | 08.02.2012
It is 6:30 a.m. Afghanistan time as the U.S. Marines prepare their equipment for the day’s mission. With rehearsed precision they go through the same motions they’ve performed daily throughout their deployment to Afghanistan. Weapons are checked and loaded; vests and helmets are donned....
