Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathaly Cruz | USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) | 08.27.2025
NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN – During the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command-led joint exercise Northern Edge 2025 (NE25), crews from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 14 demonstrated the U.S. Navy’s advanced search and rescue (SAR) capabilities, establishing an Expeditionary Advanced Base (EAB) in Alaska’s Aleutian Island chain....
Story by Ensign Hallie Atengco | USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) | 08.25.2025
NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN – The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) wrapped up participation in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command-led joint force exercise Northern Edge 2025 from the North Pacific Ocean, Aug, 25, 2025....
Story by 1st Lt. Sarah Packard | Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson | 08.23.2025
Overhead, the roar of jets cuts through the Alaskan sky. On the ground, thousands of service members test their readiness for tomorrow’s threats. This is Northern Edge, an exercise designed to sharpen combat readiness and strengthen America’s defense posture in the Indo-Pacific....
Story by Staff Sgt. Dustin Braaten | 51st Fighter Wing | 08.17.2025
More than 6,400 service members, 100 aircraft, and 7 U.S. and Canadian vessels began participation in exercise Northern Edge 2025, a joint field-training exercise at various locations in-and-around Alaska, on Aug. 17....
Story by Airman 1st Class David S. Calcote | 374th Airlift Wing | 08.15.2025
Inside the 613th Air Operations Center at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, where screens flicker with flight paths across the Pacific, and every decision shapes operations thousands of miles away, Royal Australian Air Force Wing Commander Ashley Hill works side by side with U.S. counterparts to ensure operational readiness across the Indo-Pacific. Hill’s assignment as an exchange......
Story by Senior Master Sgt. Charles Givens | 162nd Wing | 07.31.2023
During Joint Exercise Northern Edge 2023, participants from Australia, the United Kingdom, and the Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Test Center (AATC) tested advanced tactical datalink and gateway technologies on a Utah ANG KC-135, equipped with the Tanker Intelligent Gateway (TIG). Testing was done with the goal of enhancing battlefield communication and situational awareness, enabling......
Story by Senior Master Sgt. Charles Givens | 162nd Wing | 05.31.2023
The Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Command Test Center (AATC) is constantly engaged in developing innovations for a rapidly evolving battlefield and recently performed operational tests on a secure compartmented information facility (SCIF) prototype during Northern Edge 23 (NE23)....
Story by Staff Sgt. Van Whatcott | 162nd Wing | 05.23.2023
Eielson Air Force Base, AK - The Air National Guard-Air Force Reserve Command Test Center (AATC) partnered with the 174 ATKW and 556 TES to test an upgraded satellite communications (SATCOM) capability of the MQ-9 Reaper during Northern Edge 2023....
