Air Force F-22 from the 525th Fighter Squadron joins up behind an Alaska Air National Guard’s KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft from the 168th Wing to refuel during North American Aerospace Defense Command’s Arctic air defense exercise, Amalgam Dart 21-2, March 23, 2021. Amalgam Dart 21-2 provides NORAD the opportunity to hone homeland defense skills as Canadian, , and NATO forces operated together in the Arctic. A bi-national Canadian and American command, NORAD employs a network of space-based, aerial, and ground-based sensors, air-to-air refueling tankers, and fighter aircraft, controll
Air Force F-22 from the 525th Fighter Squadron joins up behind an Alaska Air National Guard’s KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft from the 168th Wing to refuel during North American Aerospace Defense Command’s Arctic air defense exercise, Amalgam Dart 21-2, March 23, 2021. Amalgam Dart 21-2 provides NORAD the opportunity to hone homeland defense skills as Canadian, , and NATO forces operated together in the Arctic. A bi-national Canadian and American command, NORAD employs a network of space-based, aerial, and ground-based sensors, air-to-air refueling tankers, and fighter aircraft, controlled by a sophisticated command and control network to deter, detect and defend against aerial threats that originate outside or within North American airspace. NATO E-3 Early Warning Aircraft, Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 fighter aircraft, CP-140 long-range patrol aircraft, CC-130 Search and Rescue and tactical airlift aircraft, CC-150T air refueler, and CH-149 Cormorant Search and Rescue helicopters; as well as Air Force F-16 fighter aircraft, KC-10 Extender refueler, KC-46 Pegasus, KC-135 Stratotanker, as well as C-130 and C-17 transport aircraft participated in the exercise.
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Keywords: -22, 168th, 21-2, 525th, amalgam, dart, fighter, kc-135, norad, refueling, squadron, wing
