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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Capt. Asher Brooks, 173rd Air Refueling Squadron pilot, prepares for flight on a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 151st Air Refueling Wing Aug. 29, 2019, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam,190829-Z-GR156-0013
                        
                        
                        Capt. Asher Brooks, 173rd Air Refueling Squadron pilot, prepares for flight on a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 151st Air Refueling Wing Aug. 29, 2019, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Air National Guard Stratotankers from Utah and Nevada relocated to Hawaii to participate in exercise Sentry Aloha 19-2 and provided air-refueling support to fighter aircraft. This iteration of Sentry Aloha includes Air National Guard members from 15 states and a unit from the Royal Australian Air Force. Sentry Aloha is hosted on a routine basis by the Hawaii Air National Guard. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman John Linzmeier)
                
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        United States Air Force F-15 Eagles from the 173rd Fighter Wing out of Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon, fly in formation over the Pacific Ocean during the Sentry Aloha exercise at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, August 27, 2019.190827-Z-XE532-0205
                        
                        
                        Air Force F-15 Eagles from the 173rd Fighter Wing out of Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Ore., fly in formation over the Pacific Ocean during the Sentry Aloha exercise at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Aug. 27, 2019. Aircraft from around the world took part in Joint Exercise Sentry Aloha, a three-week coalition exercise. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Airman First Class Adam Smith)
                
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        An F-15C Eagle from the 173th Fighter Wing and two Hawaii Air National Guard F-22 Raptors fly in formation above Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Aug. 21, 2019190827-Z-GR156-0112
                        
                        
                        An F-15C Eagle from the 173th Fighter Wing, left, and two Hawaii Air National Guard F-22 Raptors fly in formation above Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Aug. 21, 2019, during fighter exercise Sentry Aloha 19-2. The exercise entails back-to-back combat sorties with visiting aircraft from visiting Air National Guard units and the Royal Australian Air Force. Sentry Aloha provides participants a multi-faceted, joint venue with supporting infrastructure and personnel. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman John Linzmeier)
                
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        U.S. Air Force Technical Sergeant Shane Williams, 203rd Air Refueling Squadron Boom Operator, refuels a F-16 Fighting Falcon from Tulsa Air National Guard Base in Tulsa, Oklahoma, during the Sentry Aloha exercise at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, August 27, 2019.190827-Z-XE532-0129
                        
                        
                        Tech. Sgt. Shane Williams, 203rd Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, refuels an F-16 Fighting Falcon from Tulsa Air National Guard Base in Tulsa, Okla., during the Sentry Aloha exercise at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Aug. 27, 2019. Aircraft from around the world took part in Joint Exercise Sentry Aloha, a three-week coalition exercise. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Airman First Class Adam Smith)
                
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US, Australian airmen wrap up exercise Sentry Aloha 19-2Published Sept. 12, 2019
                    
                    By  Senior Airman John Linzmeier
                    
                    
                    154th Wing Public Affairs
            **JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (AFNS) --**More than 700 Airmen from across the country and a team from the Royal Australian Air Force wrapped up exercise Sentry Aloha 19-2, a large-scale, combat-aircraft exercise led by the Hawaii Air National Guard, Sept. 4 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
Since the exercise kicked off Aug. 21, dozens of fighter, command and control and tanker aircraft were launched each training day. Two training missions were carried out daily, one in the morning and a second in the afternoon.
Lt. Col. Matthew Ohman, Sentry Aloha exercise director, said the routine exercise is held to provide tailored and cost-effective training for all participants, with a focus on fourth and fifth generation fighter integration against an advanced threat.
While Hawaii-based aircraft, assigned to the 154th Wing, practice combat sorties on a regular basis, dissimilar air combat training offers more diverse and realistic training, resulting in heightened levels of readiness for pilots and the hundreds of support Airmen from a broad variety of career fields. In total, members of 20 units from 15 states and one unit from Australia came to Oahu to participate in Sentry Aloha.
Visiting fighter aircraft included Oregon ANG F-15 Eagles from the 173rd Fighter Wing and Oklahoma ANG F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 138th FW. These fourth-generation visitors took on alternate roles throughout the training, taking turns ‘fighting’ against and alongside the Hawaii F-22 Raptors.
Similar to real-world flight operations, the success of each mission relied on the process of inflight refueling. A team of KC-135 Stratotankers from the Nevada, Utah and Hawaii ANG flew alongside the fighters and transferred fuel to each airframe, prolonging flight time and potentially maximizing lethality in the battle space.
This iteration of Sentry Aloha also featured the integration of an airborne early warning control system, provided by members of the Royal Australian Air Force No. 42 Wing. An Australian aircrew utilized a high powered radar aboard an E-7A Wedgetail to monitor the battle space and provide friendly forces with an advantage over their opponents.
“The force integration is the main thing we’re looking to work on when we’re coming here, with the Raptors, (Falcons) and Eagles,’ said RAAF Flying Officer Nelson Mirus, Wedgetail aircrew member. “What we provide with the airborne early warning, is giving (pilots) a heads up and let them know what they’re flying towards; and they can derive their own tactics according to that.”
While the majority of traveling participants flew halfway across the Pacific Ocean to join in the exercise, small teams of Airmen from the Hawaii Air National Guard’s geographically separated units were called upon from neighboring islands.
Members of the 292nd Combat Communications Squadron, in Maui, relocated to JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam to set up lines of radio communication for the Australian Wedgetail and provided satellite network capabilities for visiting ANG members.
Unlike communication technicians at a normal squadron, ‘combat comm’ Airmen specialize in installing mobile communication centers at virtually any provided location. These agile-capabilities were demonstrated during an inclement weather exercise in Saipan this year, which was used to provide command and control to a dispersed team of F-22s.
Since the last iteration of Sentry Aloha, held in December 2018, the 154th Wing’s Raptor cadre has grown considerably, as additional F-22s, originally assigned to Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, are now maintained and operated at JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The Hawaiian Raptors belong to the Hawaii ANG’s 199th Fighter Squadron and are also operated by active-duty Airmen from the 19th FS.
While the additional fifth-generation aircraft and large force employment of new partners serves as a force multiplier, Col. Michael Blake, 154th Operations Group commander, indicates that the goal of Sentry Aloha has constantly remained the same.
“Our way of measuring success is in making sure that everyone is a better tactician,” Blake said. “A better subject matter expert when they leave than when they arrived.”Sentry Aloha 19-2 



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