Airman from the 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota National Guard load onto a C-17 from 167th Airlift Wing, West Virginia Air National Guard 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 homelan
Airman from the 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota National Guard load onto a C-17 from 167th Airlift Wing, West Virginia Air National Guard 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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