Fifty-five aircraft, from 12 different Air National Guard, Air Force, and Navy units will be participating, 35 of those will be stationed and operate out of Volk Field. The aircraft represented include the F-16 Fighting Falcon, F/A-18E Super Hornet, F-22 Raptor, F-35A Lightning II, KC-135 Stratotanker, KC-10 Extender, T-38 Talon, and L-159 Alca aircraft. Of note, this exercise will show case...
Northern Star 15 is a U.S. Special Operations Command-South-sponsored bilateral training exchange with Chilean special operations forces to develop skills and increase interoperability between the two nations.
Northern Strike is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored training exercise that unites service members from multiple branches, states and coalition countries to conduct combined ground and air combat operations. The exercise is conducted at Camp Grayling in northern Michigan, at the nearby Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, and at select locations in Michigan, like the Rogers City quarry,...
Northern Strike is a Joint National Training Center accredited exercise, sponsored by the National Guard Bureau, to provide accessible, readiness-building opportunities for units from all branches of military service to achieve or sustain proficiency in conducting mission command, air, sea, and ground maneuver integration, including the synchronization of fires in a joint, multinational,...
With over 6,000 participants from 10 countries and 22 states, Northern Strike is again expected to be the Department of Defense’s largest Joint, Reserve-component exercise of the year. This event is hosted annually at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and Aleena Combat Readiness Training Center, as well as over the skies of northern Michigan and Lake Huron.
Northern Strike is a...
Northern Strike 20 is the National Guard's premier Joint Fires readiness event of the year. Hosted annually at facilities of the Michigan National Guard, Northern Strike provides a premier venue for exercising joint live fire proficiency at the company/troop level and multi-component units from battalion to division level in Joint Fires integration.
A total of more than 900 personnel are...
Northern Strike 20-2/”Winter Strike” is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting service members from several U.S. states and coalition nations from January 20-26, 2020 at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Mich., which together comprise the Michigan National Guard's Northern Michigan joint military training complex. As part...
Northern Strike is the premier combat training event for the Michigan Guard occurring from July 13 - August 1 on Camp Grayling, Alpena CRTC and Rogers City and will highlight the integrated combat capabilities of fixed and rotary aviation assets along with cavalry, mortar, artillery and infantry assets; Michigan National Guard forces will be joined by other states' National Guard units and...
