Boeing’s MQ-28 Ghost Bat executed its first multinational collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) operational flight alongside US forces during Exercise Valiant Shield 2026 in the Western Pacific. The uncrewed system paired with F-15EX Eagle II and F-35 fighters over the Philippine Sea, validating AI-enabled human-machine teaming (MUMT) in a large-force coalition environment. This proof-of-concept deployment, centered at Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands, tested how uncrewed adjuncts extend combat reach and improve survivability against contested threats. The US Air Force’s Experimental Operations Unit integrated the production-representative ATS-008 aircraft to inform requirements for its planned procurement of thousands of future CCA platforms, marking a strategic shift in Indo-Pacific air combat force projection.