Alaska

Air Americas 

U.S. Air Force Reactivates 356th Fighter Squadron at Eielson AFB, Alaska in Preparation for F-35 Arrival

October 17, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Alaska, Eielson AFB, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA, USAF 356th Fighter Squadron

The U.S. Air Force reactivated the 356th Fighter Squadron at the Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska on Oct. 10,

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Americas Military Exercises 

U.S. Navy, Marine Corps Achieve First in Arctic Exercise

September 23, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Alaska, Amphibious Bulk Liquid Transfer System (ABLTS), Arctic Expeditionary Capabilities Exercise (AECE), U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Comstock (LSD-45)

Sailors and Marines from Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 3 and Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Alaska successfully used

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Air Americas 

Eielson Hosts 10 F-35s from Luke AFB to Enhance Training Efforts

September 21, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Alaska, Eielson AFB, F-35A Lightning II, Luke AFB, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

The U.S. Air Force’s 61st Fighter Squadron, base at Luke Air Force Base, sent seven USAF F-35A Lightning IIs and

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Americas Misc 

U.S. Navy Tests Unmanned Vehicles, Anti-Mine Systems in Arctic Waters

September 18, 2019September 19, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Alaska, Arctic, Arctic Expeditionary Capabilities Exercise (AECE), Mine countermeasures (MCM), U.S. Navy (USN), Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV), USA

The U.S. Navy’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 1 successfully tested its ability to operate unmanned underwater vehicles and

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Air Americas 

U.S. Coast Guard Transfers Fifth HC-130J to Air Station Kodiak

August 14, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Alaska, HC-130J Super Hercules, Minotaur Mission System, Surveillance aircraft, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), USA, USCG Air Station Kodiak

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has transferred the fifth HC-130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft outfitted with the Minotaur

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Americas C4ISR 

Missile Defense Agency’s Long Range Discrimination Radar Reaches Major Milestones

August 9, 2019August 10, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Alaska, Clear AFS, Lockheed Martin, Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR), Missile Defense Agency (MDA), USA

The Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) program has completed delivery of its first radar panel to

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Americas Military Exercises 

RED FLAG-Alaska 19-2 Takes Off

June 8, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Alaska, Eielson AFB, Exercise RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A), Military exercise, U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

RED FLAG-Alaska 19-2, a large-scale field training exercise headquartered at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, began June 6 and is

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Americas Military Exercises 

Exercise RED FLAG-Alaska 19-2 to Begin Over Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC) on June 6

June 6, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Alaska, Exercise RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A), Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC), Military exercise, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), U.S. Air Force (USAF), USA

Exercise Red Flag-Alaska 19-2, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise designed to provide realistic training in a simulated combat environment, is

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Americas Military Exercises Naval 

U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Group Nine Completes Exercise Northern Edge 2019

June 1, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Alaska, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9, Exercise Northern Edge, Military exercise, Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG), U.S. Navy (USN), USA, USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)

USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and select ships from Carrier Strike Group Nine (CSG-9), along with U.S. Air Force, U.S.

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Air Americas Deployments 

NORAD Intercepts Russian Bombers and Fighter Jets Entering Alaskan ADIZ

May 26, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Alaska, Boeing E-3 Sentry, Fighter aircraft, Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), Russia, Strategic bomber, Sukhoi Su-35, Tupolev Tu-95 Bear, USA

Aircraft assigned to North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) positively identified and intercepted Russian bombers and fighter jets entering the

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