Exercise AMALGAM DART Takes to the Skies [Image 5 of 5]

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR, CANADA

03.23.2021

Photo by CANR NORAD 

North American Aerospace Defense Command

Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18s and U.S. Air Force F-16s fly exercise sorties together during North American Aerospace Defense Command’s Arctic air defense exercise, Amalgam Dart 21-2, March 23, 2021. 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 U.S. coast of Maine. Amalgam Dart 21-2 provides NORAD the opportunity to hone homeland defense skills as Canadian, U.S., and NATO forces operated together in the Arctic. A bi-national Canadian and American command, NORAD employs a network of 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 airlift aircraft, CC-150T air refueler, and CH-149 Cormorant Search and Rescue helicopters; as well as U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter aircraft, KC-10 Extender refueler, KC-46 Pegasus, KC-135 Stratotanker, as well as C-130 and C-17 transport aircraft will participated in the exercise. (Photo credit: (CAN) Master Corporal Mitchell Scott, 404 (LRP&T)Sqn, 14 Wing Greenwood)

• Date Taken: 03.23.2021
• Date Posted: 03.26.2021 11:51
• Photo ID: 6571030
• VIRIN: 210323-O-D0430-6005-C
• Resolution: 4928x3280
• Size: 9.89 MB
• Location: NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR, CA