Air Force Senior Airman Micheal Ortolani, an F-16 Fighting Falcon crew chief, and Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Bollock, a logistics readiness squadron Airman, perform preflight checks during Exercise Ballast Cannon at an undisclosed location in the Central Command area of responsibility, Jan. 7, 2024. Ballast Cannon occurs nearly quarterly with the Royal Bahraini Air Force to support the Air Force’s rapid expeditionary capabilities by integrating Agile Combat Employment objectives for F-16 Fighting Falcon, KC-135 Stratotanker, and operational support personnel.

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Keywords: -16, afcent, ballast, cannon, centcom, falcon, mca