Department of Defense contractor Josh Frock, project manager at Aerostar, an aerospace and defense company, discusses a high-altitude balloon launch from the Malemute Drop Zone during Exercise ARCTIC EDGE 2025 (AE25) at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 4, 2025. The launch was conducted to test the use of hydrogen in high-altitude balloons. AE25 is a North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command-led homeland defense exercise designed to improve readiness, demonstrate capabilities, and enhance Joint and Allied Force interoperability in the Arctic. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman 1st Class Travis Knauss)
| Date Taken: | 08.04.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 08.28.2025 17:39 |
| Category: | Interviews |
| Video ID: | 973181 |
| VIRIN: | 250804-F-OE100-8002 |
| Filename: | DOD_111219436 |
| Length: | 00:02:11 |
| Location: | JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, ALASKA, US |
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