PACAF leadership, coalition, joint leaders visit Agile Reaper 24-1

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Kathleen McCool, Pacific Air Forces command chief, exchanges patches with Staff Sgt. Trevor Wiley, airfield and weather systems specialist, 15th Operations Support Squadron, during exercise Agile Reaper 24-1 at Northwest Field forward operating site on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, April 12, 2024. Members from the 3rd OSS established and conducted air operations on the airfield, which is geographically separated from other parts of Andersen Air Force Base. The expeditious build-up of Northwest Field FOS was made possible through the employment of the Air Force concept of Mission-Ready Airmen. MRA optimizes wartime operational mission generation through Airmen working side-by-side with Airmen outside their Air Force Specialty Code and applying those core skills when needed, in order to ensure mission success. In a wartime environment, ensuring redundancies with Airmen understanding and being able to act outside their core specialty will increase the survivability and success of forces in the Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Melissa Estevez)