AMALGAM 21-2 [Image 8 of 9]

GREENLAND

03.22.2021

Photo by 2nd Lt. Crystal Kirchner 

North American Aerospace Defense Command

Canadian Royal Air Force personnel direct a CC-130 Search and Rescue tactical airlift aircraft at Thule Air Base, Greenland during North American Aerospace Defense Command’s Arctic air defense exercise, Amalgam Dart 21-2, March 22, 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 operate 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 refueled, 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 participate in the exercise. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by 2nd Lt. Crystal Kirchner)

• Date Taken: 03.22.2021
• Date Posted: 03.23.2021 13:56
• Photo ID: 6566717
• VIRIN: 210322-Z-UL805-1005
• Resolution: 8111x4562
• Size: 7.75 MB
• Location: GL