Air Combat Command has made significant progress on a number of Agile Combat Employment initiatives, including the creation of an agile battle lab.
As the command continues to anticipate changes and adapt to ACE concepts, innovation and integration has never been more important to members of the staff here.
Lt. Col. Adam Chitwood, ACC's Agile Battle Lab commander, launched his unit into the ideology of accelerating change and influencing the necessity of ACE Airmen. The ABL mission is to accelerate technology, tactics and unit design to further ACE in ACC and around the Air Force.
More than 22 years ago, under Air Education and Training Command, ABL, then called Squadron Next, began with tests and experiments. Now, after transitioning to ACC in 2020, the ABL collaborates with many organizations, including ACC's A6 communications directorate (cyber) units outside of ACC to find and solve problems, giving organizations effective ways to operate and train Airmen.
An Airman assigned to the 52nd Combat Communications Squadron from Robins Air Force Base, Ga. sets up a satellite in a simulated austere environment in Sunglow City during Exercise Bushwhacker 21-07 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Oct. 4, 2021. Bushwhacker allowed DM to execute and test Agile Combat Employment processes and timelines to pack up, load and re-establish wing facilities and command and control structures at newly established locations. Air Combat Command has made significant progress on several Agile Combat Employment initiatives, including the creation of an agile battle lab. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristine Legate)
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