News One Team, One Fight: Joint forces, NATO units participate in command, control exercise HEAVY RAIN 23 December 1, 2023 U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Ryan Smith, left, and Airman 1st Class Yekun Yang, right, 1st Combat Communications Squadron radio frequency transmissions system technicians, check cable connections on a satellite dish during exercise HEAVY RAIN 23, at Grostenquin, France, Nov. 16, 2023. HEAVY RAIN is a U.S. Air Forces in Europe-led command and control exercise that integrates communicators, operators and aggressors from joint forces, NATO allies and partners, testing and evaluating their communication and data-sharing capabilities in a rapidly changing operating environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jared Lovett) U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 1st Combat Communications Squadron and 1st Air and Space Communications Operations Squadron direct a satellite dish during exercise HEAVY RAIN 23, at Grostenquin, France, Nov. 16, 2023. HEAVY RAIN is a U.S. Air Forces in Europe-led command and control exercise that integrates communicators, operators and aggressors from joint forces, NATO allies and partners, testing and evaluating their communication and data-sharing capabilities in a rapidly changing operating environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jared Lovett) U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Aaron Hickerson, left, 1st Combat Communications Squadron non-commissioned officer in charge of flexible communications package, and Airman 1st Class Yekun Yang, right, 1st CBCS radio frequency transmissions system technician, monitor a spectrum analyzer to determine if their signal is being jammed during exercise HEAVY RAIN 23, at Grostenquin, France, Nov. 16, 2023. HEAVY RAIN is a U.S. Air Forces in Europe-led command and control exercise that integrates communicators, operators and aggressors from joint forces, NATO allies and partners, testing and evaluating their communication and data-sharing capabilities in a rapidly changing operating environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jared Lovett) « Previous × Next » Share Tweet