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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – On Tuesday, March 10th, NORAD successfully conducted an E-3 Sentry mission to the high arctic supported by KC-135 Stratotankers.
The mission lasted approximately 9 hours and traveled 1700 nautical miles north from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. NORAD's operations in the high arctic demonstrates our ability to detect threats through Arctic avenues of approach to North America.
This deployment of an airborne early-warning aircraft to such a remote Arctic location expands our abilities to operate in the highest reaches of the Arctic.
As our CDR, Gen. O'Shaughnessy recently said, "The Arctic affords our adversaries a direct avenue of approach to the homeland and is representative of the changing strategic environment in our area of responsibility.
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| Date Taken: | 03.10.2020 |
| Date Posted: | 03.11.2020 15:06 |
| Photo ID: | 6135999 |
| VIRIN: | 200310-F-HJ760-1301 |
| Resolution: | 5641x3764 |
| Size: | 831.12 KB |
| Location: | US |
| Web Views: | 96 |
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