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Remote Wyoming roads provide proving ground for Air Force special operators

By 

JOHN VANDIVER

STARS AND STRIPES • May 3, 2023

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An MC-130J Commando II takes off from a state highway near Rawlins, Wyo., during Exercise Agile Chariot on April 30, 2023. Crews used the public road for the exercise as part of the Agile Combat Employment concept. (Carly Kavish/U.S. Air Force)

U.S. Air Force special operators broke ground this week when they landed planes on highways in Wyoming, marking the latest effort by commandos experimenting with ways to ensure that air power can be delivered when airfields aren’t an option.

During Exercise Agile Chariot, the Air Force for the first time landed an MQ-9 Reaper drone on a highway along with an MC-130J Commando II, two A-10 Thunderbolt IIs and two MH-6 Little Birds, the 1st Special Operations Wing, headquartered at Hurlburt Field, Fla., said in a statement Tuesday.