An Airman from the 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard packs cargo in preparation for the North American Aerospace Defense Command's Arctic air defense exercise, Amalgam Dart 21-02, March 20, 2021. The 148th Fighter Wing will provide Airmen and F-16 fighter aircraft in support of Amalgam Dart 21-02. The exercise will run from March 20-26 and range from the Beaufort Sea to Thule, Greenland and extend south down the Eastern Atlantic to the coast of Maine. Amalgam Dart 21-02 provides NORAD the opportunity to hone homeland defense skills as Canadian, , and NATO forces oper
An Airman from the 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard packs cargo in preparation for the North American Aerospace Defense Command's Arctic air defense exercise, Amalgam Dart 21-02, March 20, 2021. The 148th Fighter Wing will provide Airmen and F-16 fighter aircraft in support of Amalgam Dart 21-02. The exercise will run from March 20-26 and range from the Beaufort Sea to Thule, Greenland and extend south down the Eastern Atlantic to the coast of Maine. Amalgam Dart 21-02 provides NORAD the opportunity to hone homeland defense skills as Canadian, , and NATO forces operate together in the Arctic. A bi-national Canadian and American command, NORAD employs network 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 aircraft, and a CC-150T air refueler; as well as Air Force F-16 fighter aircraft, KC-10 Extender refueler, KC-146 Pegasus, KC-135 Stratotanker, as well as C-130 and C-17 transport aircraft will participate in the exercise.
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