U.S. Air Force Col. Ryan Hayde, 505th Command and Control Wing commander, discusses exercise Bamboo Eagle with Royal Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force members at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Jan. 25, 2024. The first iteration of Bamboo Eagle 24-1, an 8-day event set in an Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility, commenced with live-fly operations and 24-hour live, virtual and constructive rolling scenarios with more than 3,000 U.S. service members and nearly 300 allied partners from the Royal Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force. (Security badges blurred/edited for security purposes and photo cropped to focus on subjects.) (U.S. Air Force photo by Shelton Keel)