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                        Russian T-72 battle tanks sit ready to support exercise Emerald Flag on the Eglin Air Force Base Test and Training Range, Fla. Nov. 30, 2020. The multi-service exercise aims to unify information sharing across joint domain platforms. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Karissa Rodriguez)
                
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                        Kendell Mosley, 46th Cyber Test Group engineering technician, collects GPS coordinates of targets on the Eglin Air Force Base Test and Training Range, Fla. Nov. 30, 2020. The coordinates are used during exercise Emerald Flag, a multi-service joint all-domain test native to the Gulf Coast. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Karissa Rodriguez)
                
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        More than 25 agencies are participating in exercise Emerald Flag, a collaborative multi-service effort focused on increasing the effectiveness of the joint domain warfighter, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The exercise incorporates ground, space, cyberspace and air platforms. (U.S. Air Force courtesy graphic)Eglin AFB hosts Emerald Flag
                        
                        
                        More than 25 agencies are participating in exercise Emerald Flag, a collaborative multi-service effort focused on increasing the effectiveness of the joint domain warfighter, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The exercise incorporates ground, space, cyberspace and air platforms. (U.S. Air Force courtesy graphic)
                
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Eglin AFB hosts Emerald FlagPublished Dec. 3, 2020
                    
                    By 1st. Lt. Karissa Rodriguez
            **EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS) --** Emerald Flag, **Eglin Air Force Base**’s first native multi-domain test exercise, began Dec. 1 on the Eglin AFB Test and Training Range.
This inaugural event brings more than 25 agencies to participate. It is a collaborative multi-service effort focused on increasing the effectiveness of the joint domain warfighter.
“The goal is to align DoD resources across the Florida Panhandle and enable multi-domain test and experimentation to prepare the warfighter for a 21st-century fight,” said Maj. Alexander Hillman, 45th Test Squadron.
The event incorporates ground, space, cyberspace and air platforms. The test connects those different platforms to improve the speed and flow of information.
Another large aspect of Emerald Flag is the integration of Eglin AFB’s “five Ws”: weapons, water, webs, widgets and warfighters, according to Hillman.
Weapons testing is part of the **96th Test Wing**’s primary mission.
Water is a unique Eglin AFB capability that can be utilized in missions on the Eglin Test and Training Range.
Webs is the battlespace of the 96th Cyberspace Test Group in their role in delivering cyberspace capabilities.
 
Widgets refer to development programs from the **Air Force Research Laboratory** seeking to exercise or demonstrate their progress in a realistic test environment.
Warfighters is a reference to the **53rd Wing**’s operational test presence.
Eglin AFB has the unique capability of integrating across and amongst these “five Ws” and enabling a development environment for the agencies participating in Emerald Flag, according to Hillman.
This demonstration environment concept originated from within the 96th Test Wing and AFRL’s Munitions Directorate, the Armament Directorate and the 53d Wing were integral in shaping the event.
The exercise’s event planning began in the middle of the COVID-19 shutdown in March. The Emerald Flag event team judges success based on the number of unique multi-domain and interoperability test points conducted during testing.FS 



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