Friday, February 13, 2026 l Vol. 51, Number 7
SERVING TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE AND THE MILITARY COMMUNITY OF SOLANO COUNTY
PROJECT VALKYRIE Page 3
621ST CRG Page 5
WINTER OLYMPIC TRAINING Page 7
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Tech. Sgt. Christopher Thornbury/U.S. Air Force file
Staff Sgt. Gabriel Nogalez, 379th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron air transportation specialist, helps load oxygen tanks onto a C-17 Globemaster III at an undisclosed
location in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Jan. 25. The action was part of a U.S. Air Forces Central readiness exercise that tested dispersed operations.
C3BM takes Joint Fires Network lead Richard Blumenstein
DAF PAE C3BM PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Senior Airman Robert Nichols/U.S. Air Force file photos
Airman 1st Class Luis Gordillo, right, 60th Air Mobility Wing Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialist, trains Senior Airman Jeirilys Rodriguez Gonzalez, 60th Security Forces Squadron patrolman, on land navigation
during SERE training in Northern California, Jan. 29. SERE map and compass training focuses on critical, high-stress land navigation skills, requiring students to plot courses, triangulate positions and traverse challenging terrain.
22nd CABS trains with Travis AFB SERE Team in Northern California
NAVAL BASE POINT LOMA — The Department of the Air Force Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Command, Control, Communications and Battle Management stood up an integrated program office to lead the Joint Fires Network. The Joint Fires Network is a revolutionary warfighting network that enables the joint force to realize the advantages of speed and unity of command. By fusing high-quality targeting data with cutting-edge command and control applications, JFN delivers data to warfighters when and where they need it. This network outperforms legacy networks by aligning fires tasks into an object-based common data layer, providing a common operating picture for the Joint Force. “Our mission is to take the JFN prototype and wrap a layer around it that allows us to manage and scale it as a robust capability that will have all the appropriate supportability aspects that a program of record should have,” said Col. Alex Constantine, Joint Fires Network senior materiel leader. The newly created IPO is meant to provide the infrastructure and oversight to transform the JFN from a successful prototype into a long-term, reliable, and strategically important asset for the Joint Force, according to Constantine. See C3BM, Page 2
Staff Sgt. Beau Wilson, left, and Airman 1st Class Luis Gordillo, 60th Air Mobility Wing Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists, discuss routes for land navigation during SERE training in Northern California, Jan. 28.
Tech. Sgt. Timothy French, 60th Logistics Readiness Squadron individual protective equipment noncommissioned officer in charge, applies camouflage during Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape training in Northern California, Jan. 30.
Senior Airman Keegan Putman/U.S. Air Force file (2024)
A B-1B Lancer and F-22 Raptors fly above U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships in the Pacific Ocean during Valiant Shield, June 7, 2024.