Amalgam Dart 21-02 [Image 7 of 9]

THULE AIR BASE, GREENLAND

03.25.2021

Photo by Staff Sgt. Austin Harvill  

North American Aerospace Defense Command

Two 120th Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcons from Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., break away from a KC-10 Extender from Travis Air Force Base, Cali., above southern Canada during exercise Amalgam Dart 21-02, 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 21-02 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 network 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 aircraft, and a CC-150T air refueler; as well as U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter aircraft, KC-10 Extender refueler, KC-146 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 Staff Sgt. Austin Harvill)

• Date Taken: 03.25.2021
• Date Posted: 03.29.2021 15:27
• Photo ID: 6573702
• VIRIN: 210325-Z-XD389-1217
• Resolution: 6528x3672
• Size: 2.5 MB
• Location: THULE AIR BASE, GL