U.S., coalition air forces construct munitions in Southwest Asia

This month in Southwest Asia, the U.S. Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force worked together in making a 500-pound Joint Direct Attack Munitions.
“Communicating with the Americans has been so easy," RAAF leading aircraftman Stefan said. (Servicemembers' last names have been withheld for security reasons.) "They’ve been able to teach us so much that has helped us with our jobs and vice-versa as well.”
Stefan also said this 380th Air Expeditionary Wing coalition relationship is a contributing factor of “dismantling of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in nearly every aspect of [Operation Inherent Resolve].”
“Working with coalition partners brings to light the scope of what we are doing out here,” 1st Lt. Leigh Ann, Munitions Flight Officer in Charge, said of the operation. “The mission that we are working has a world-wide effect and it is awesome to see how the small day-to-day interactions result in big, strategic missions and accomplishments. I think that is what makes this environment so special—multiple countries working together for a common goal,” she said.
The U.S. Air Force's Central Command heavily supports the collaboration between the forces, where almost 100 percent of produced weapons were precision-guided. This makes the Operation Inherent Resolve the most precise air campaign in the history of warfare.