Preparing for flight during Amalgam Dart 20-4 [Image 8 of 10]

MCGHEE-TYSON ANG, TN, UNITED STATES

11.20.2019

Courtesy Photo

North American Aerospace Defense Command

A 113th Maintenance Group crew chief sends off a F-16C Fighting Falcon for a sortie during Amalgam Dart 20-4 live-fly training exercise at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tenn., Nov. 20, 2019. Amalgam Dart 20-4 is a North American Aerospace Defense Command live-fly exercise designed to test NORAD's ability to deploy its Integrated Air Defense System (IADS) and execute its aerospace warning and aerospace control missions at a non-designated air control alert facility. The training scenario replicated
airborne intercepts of aircraft that violated temporary flight restricted airspace over the greater Knoxville, Tenn. Area. For more than 60 years, NORAD aircraft have identified and intercepted potential air threats to North America in the execution of the command's aerospace warning and aerospace control missions. (Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Craig Clapper)

• Date Taken: 11.20.2019
• Date Posted: 11.25.2019 17:46
• Photo ID: 5929541
• VIRIN: 191120-Z-XI167-0008
• Resolution: 1242x702
• Size: 430.39 KB
• Location: MCGHEE-TYSON ANG, TN, US