One clear sign the Air Force is ramping up readiness in Europe: its first-ever in-theater Combat Ammunition Production Exercise. July's CAPEX saw dozens of Total Force airmen from Lakenheath; Aviano AB, Italy; Spangdahlem AB, Germany; Ramstein AB, Germany; RAF Alconbury, UK; Beale AFB, Calif.; and Little Rock AFB, Ark., show up here to build, transport, and tear down as many as 1,000 live munitions. Supported by European Deterrence Initiative funds, the exercise gave airmen direct experience with live joint air-to-surface standoff missiles, air-to-air missiles, joint direct attack munitions, laser-guided bombs, and small diameter bombs.
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