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95th Reconnaissance Squadron conduct Agile Combat Employment The exercise provided an opportunity for one of the 55th Wing’s geographically separated units to lay the foundation for their own Agile Combat Employment initiative. Source: www.mildenhall.af.mil
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n 2019, U.S. Air Force combatant commanders were directed to come up with a solution implementing Agile Combat Employment throughout their respective theaters. For U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa, this was codified through an order given by Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, USAFE-AFAFRICA commander, who directed all units to develop ACE initial operating capabilities by fiscal year 2022. At the 100th Air Refueling Wing at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, this became priority number one. As plans progressed and the 100th ARW began planning for the exercise, they invited the 95th Reconnaissance Squadron who is
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a tenant unit operating out of RAF Mildenhall in support of USAFE-driven mission directives. As luck would have it, the parent wing for the 95th RS, the 55th Wing, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, was also working towards the same goal as the 100th ARW. This exercise provided an opportunity for one of the 55th WG’s geographically separated units to lay the foundation for their own ACE initiative. Beginning in April 2021, the initial planning meetings for ACE exercise High Life began. The 95th RS assigned Maj. Eric Nelson, assistant director of operations, to take
