Air Force Airman 1st Class Ben Longyear, a 517th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, guides a forklift during Polar Force 22-4 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, March 28, 2022. Polar Force is an Agile Combat Employment-focused exercise that supports the mission of the Pacific Air Forces, ACE execution, and the development of innovative operational concepts to be more lethal, adaptive, resilient, and effective across all military operations. Operationalizing readiness-enhancing concepts like ACE is critical to ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific.

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Keywords: c17, freeandopenindopacific, polarforce, readyaf