The 130th Airlift Squadron, West Virginia National Guard, teamed up with the 180th Engineer Support Company, Virginia National Guard, to bring a Caterpillar D6K dozer to an outstation, supporting critical force protection and construction missions in the Horn of Africa at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The rare airlift mission served to display AFRICOM and CJTF-HOA's ability deploy service members, systems and equipment across the African continent, anywhere, anytime. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Anthony Nunez-Pellicer)
U.S. service members with the East Africa Response Force (EARF) conducted a flyaway training exercise this week to test their ability to rapidly deploy and integrate with local base defense operations to integrate the EARF into the Security Force security plan and practice real-world defense operations alongside partner forces.
