USAF trials CCA loyal wingmen in Agile Combat Employment at Creech AFB

The USAF is running an ACE exercise at Creech AFB to test end-to-end operations of the YFQ-44 Fury and YFQ-42 Dark Merlin CCAs from austere, mobile locations with lean sustainment and human-machine teaming. This is a notable operational/doctrinal step toward making "loyal wingman" uncrewed fighters deployable and maintainable under real-world expeditionary constraints, not just flyable prototypes.