The stated goal of the exercise was to promote the three nations’ shared commitment to “security and freedom” on the Korean Peninsula and throughout the Indo-Pacific region.
US Air Force Colonel Craig Rumble, the lead planner for the exercise, stated that “Freedom Edge” is a continuing effort among the three nations to make information sharing and interoperability “routine, repeatable, and real”. He added that the exercise, “turns policy into procedures, and procedures into muscle memory”.
AloJapan.com