U.S. Air Force Capt. Thomas Clark, left, and Staff Sgt. Mitch Melchor, 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron air battle managers, perform command and control operations using a Roll-on Beyond Line-of-Sight Enhancement (ROBE) kit aboard a KC-46A Pegasus during Exercise Steel Knight over Northern California, Dec. 11, 2025. A ROBE is a self-contained communications suite that advances access to user gateways more efficiently to further combat effectiveness. Exercise Steel Knight is a joint exercise that strengthens interoperability, refines combat readiness and enhances seamless coordination across the battle space. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Robert Nichols)
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