Army paratroopers from the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Army Alaska, board an Air Force C-130J Super Hercules prior to departing for a joint forced-entry operation during Northern Edge 21 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 11, 2021. Approximately 15,000 service members participate in a joint training exercise hosted by Pacific Air Forces May 3-14, 2021, on and above the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, the Gulf of Alaska, and temporary maritime activities area. NE21 is one in a series of Indo-Pacific Command exercises
Army paratroopers from the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Army Alaska, board an Air Force C-130J Super Hercules prior to departing for a joint forced-entry operation during Northern Edge 21 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 11, 2021. Approximately 15,000 service members participate in a joint training exercise hosted by Pacific Air Forces May 3-14, 2021, on and above the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, the Gulf of Alaska, and temporary maritime activities area. NE21 is one in a series of Indo-Pacific Command exercises designed to sharpen the joint forces' skills, practice tactics, techniques, and procedures, improve command, control, and communication relationships develop cooperative plans and programs. Airmen from the 19th Airlift Wing out of Little Rock Air Base, Ark. operated two C-130J Super Hercules aircraft for the JFEO.
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Keywords: .., afwn, alaska, arctic, command, indo-pacific, lr, northernedge
