Networks of manned and unmanned aircraft will command the skies. These teams will be increasingly modular and optimized for counterair, interdiction, and close air support missions. A mix of war games ...

CAOC Bodø was officially opened on Oct. 10, 2025, joining CAOC Uedem, Germany, and CAOC Torrejón, Spain as NATO’s third active Combined Air Operations Centre. Combined Air Operations Centres, or CAOCs ...

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has outlined the importance of the correct command and control (C2) balance for collaborative combat aircraft (CCAs) in combat scenarios. When ...

The U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command’s 805th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Shadow Operations Center-Nellis (ShOC-N), partnered with the Combined Federated Battle Laboratories Network ...

In the event of nuclear war, it would serve as the US military's command and control center. It is the US Air Force's most expensive plane to operate, at $159,529 per hour. Air Force One is known as ...

In today’s highly connected world — with more than 21 billion internet-of-things (IoT) devices expected to be online this year — more organizations are using command and control centers to monitor, ...

Gone are the days of command centers being reliant solely on radios and static maps. Today, AV technology transforms these spaces with dynamic data visualization, seamless communication interfaces and ...

At the center of Maxwell Air Force Base’s emergency response and daily operations, the Command Post houses a small, 24/7 team ...

There are no easy days in the desert of the National Training Center (NTC), es­pecially for commanders. The NTC’s Box is an unforgiving environment that tests our ability to fight and lead through ...