Air Force Senior Airman Nicholas Smail (left) and Senior Airman Christopher Geer, both assigned to the 732nd Air Mobility Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, chain down equipment onto a C-17 Globemaster III during Operation Talon Lightning on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, March 4, 2022. Operation Talon Lightning is the Army-specific portion of the exercise. Task Force Talon deployed one THAAD launcher and supporting equipment and personnel as a THAAD Remote Launch package to Rota International Airport. They will establish a firing position, tactical communication, conduct
Air Force Senior Airman Nicholas Smail (left) and Senior Airman Christopher Geer, both assigned to the 732nd Air Mobility Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, chain down equipment onto a C-17 Globemaster III during Operation Talon Lightning on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, March 4, 2022. Operation Talon Lightning is the Army-specific portion of the exercise. Task Force Talon deployed one THAAD launcher and supporting equipment and personnel as a THAAD Remote Launch package to Rota International Airport. They will establish a firing position, tactical communication, conduct a deployment readiness exercise in austere conditions, and demonstrate the new RL capability.
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