Airmen from the 127th Maintenance Squadron, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich. perform Agile Combat Employment training while securing bombs to a transport cart during exercise Agile Rage 22 at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Mich., June 7, 2022. ACE is not a specific mission, but a universal application to all combat air force operations. ACE is the ability to project combat power anytime, anywhere, while remaining operationally unpredictable to complicate an adversary's decision-making process. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Master Sgt. David Kujawa)