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exercise2026-07-20 00:00 UTC🇺🇸 Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, United States
USAF conducts ACE exercise at Creech AFB with YFQ-44 Fury and YFQ-42 Dark Merlin CCAs
Anduril’s YFQ-44 Fury arrived at Creech Air Force Base for USAF Collaborative Combat Aircraft Experimental Operations Unit trials. From July 20–24, 2026, the USAF is running an Agile Combat Employment exercise to test end-to-end ground and flight operations for the YFQ-44 and YFQ-42, with observers from the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
DETAILS
Type
exercise
Occurred
2026-07-20 00:00
Reported
2026-07-21
Location
Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, United States
Coordinates
36.5888, -115.6715
Confidence
86 / 100
DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
No damage reported; activity described as an ACE exercise/testing deployment of collaborative combat aircraft with lean sustainment and human-machine teaming trials.
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