Airmen from the 96th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, load a Quickstrike-Extended Range naval sea mine onto a B-52 on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, as part of exercise Valiant Shield 18, Sept. 16, 2018. Technical Sgt. John Riggs, a Load Crew Team Chief from the 96th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, Jeffrey Dudgeon, from the Indo-Pacific Command Joint Innovation and Experimentation office, Capt Craig Quinnett, a B-52 Instructor Pilot, from the 49th Test and Evaluations Squadron and Mission commander Lt. Ken Flannery discuss their role and participation in the demonstration. This year’s demonstration grouped the Air Force’s B-52 bombers of the 96th Bomb Squadron with the Navy’s P-8A Poseidon to deploy and assess the updated shallow-water mine technology. Valiant Shield is a biennial; U.S. only; field training exercise with a focus on integration of joint training among U.S. forces. (U.S. Air Force U.S. Air Force video by Air Force Staff Sgt. Emili Koonce)
| Date Taken: | 09.17.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 09.18.2018 20:59 |
| Category: | Package |
| Video ID: | 626563 |
| VIRIN: | 180917-F-UH796-004 |
| Filename: | DOD_106036462 |
| Length: | 00:02:00 |
| Location: | GU |
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