Exercise BUMBU FORGE 26
Forge the Future of Agile Combat Support
June 2026Pacific Theater ScenarioJoint & Combined Forces
Exercise BUMBU FORGE 26
Forge the Future of Agile Combat Support
June 2026
Pacific Theater Scenario
Joint & Combined Forces
This is not a drill. This is preparation for the next fight. Join the forge.
What is BUMBU FORGE 26?
BUMBU FORGE 26 (BF26) is the premier exercise designed to solve the operational challenges of a modern, contested fight by operationalizing the future of combat support. This event moves beyond theory, acting as the critical link between established Agile Combat Support (ACS) doctrine and the demands of making the Deployable Combat Wing (DCW) a lethal reality. In a CDO-L environment, participants will forge multi-functional teams and validate the TTPs required to enable Agile Combat Employment (ACE) against a peer adversary.
Scenario: INDO-PACOM Conflict
Participants will deploy into a dynamic scenario requiring resilient plans and logistics to enable Combined Joint All-Domain C2 utilizing tactical communications systems, while executing airpower at the edge. The exercise follows a Hub-and-Spoke model: operate from a Main Operating Base, disperse a Deployable Combat Wing to a Hub, employ Capability Generation Teams at the Hub, and project Mission Generation Force Elements to austere, contested Spokes. Teams face persistent kinetic and non-kinetic effects across EMSO, Cyber, and Space.
Why You Should Participate
Realistic CDO-L Environment
Face a thinking Red Cell providing persistent kinetic (missile, drone) and non-kinetic (EMSO, Cyber) threats from S-Day. Your primary ACS functions will be targeted.
True Mission Command
The Operations Order will force decision-making to the lowest appropriate level. CGOs and SNCOs will be tested as site commanders of austere support locations.
Integrated Agile Combat Support
Synchronize power and water, fuels, munitions, maintenance, aerial port, mobility, engineering, comms, medical, and base defense to forge a cohesive warfighting team.
Joint & Combined Operations
Train alongside joint partners who directly enable your ACS mission from Army airlift for last-mile logistics to critical ship-to-shore logistics capabilities.
Solve Real-World Problems
Actively test and develop TTPs for agile power, site defense, contested logistics, intelligence integration for support elements, and resilient C2 pathways.
Mission Ready Airmen
Fulfill Ready Airman Training (RAT) while forging Mission Ready Airmen (MRA). Validate cross-utilization and decentralized decisions in a contested CDO-L environment.
Who We Need
Air Force Capability Teams
Combat Communications
Establish the C2 network with tactical communications, provide resilient data pathways, and enable mission command for dispersed ACS elements.
Integrated Base Defense
Plan and execute the integrated defense for the Hub and Spokes; counter threats to keep the support infrastructure survivable and effective.
Contingency Response
Seize, open, and operate austere airfields. Establish the initial footprint at contested Spokes for follow-on support teams.
Civil Engineering
Prime BEEF and RED HORSE execute RADR, expeditionary power/water, and establish survivable beddown locations.
Logistics and Readiness
Master contested logistics—fuels, ground transport, aerial port—to maintain the flow of critical supplies to the tactical edge.
Intelligence
Embed with ACS units to provide actionable intelligence focused on threats to support infrastructure, personnel, and logistics routes.
Medical
Provide Role 1 care in austere locations; test prolonged field care when MEDEVAC is contested or denied.
Mobility & Combat Aviation
MAF is critical to project and sustain ACS teams; CAF provides the demand signal driving the ACS mission.
Exercise Control & Support
White cell & DCOM-S lead the support structure, manage JRSOI, and establish the exercise network for training & data capture.
Joint Enablers
Army
Provide rotary and fixed-wing airlift for last-mile logistics into austere locations.
Navy
Expeditionary forces for ship-to-shore logistics, port opening, and maritime security capabilities.
Marine Corps
Unique logistics and defense capabilities to enhance ACS operations in a littoral environment.
Special Operations Forces
Reconnaissance of potential spoke locations and contested MEDEVAC support to ACS elements.