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US Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) and Alaska Command (ALCOM) have wrapped up a heightened readiness season, testing flexible deterrence options under Operation Tundra Merlin. Operation Tundra Merlin is an enduring U.S.-Canadian homeland-defense operation in the Alaskan Theater of Operations, rather than a single exercise. Under USNORTHCOM and ALCOM, it integrates... U.S. forces assigned to NORAD and USNORTHCOM with Canadian forces and other mission partners. Tundra Merlin provides the Commander of USNORTHCOM or ALCOM with a range of options to both deter and/or respond to potential adversaries who may present themselves in the region. This year's activities have included integrated air and land operations near Nome, multiple combined maritime patrols in the Bering Sea and Bering Strait, and a larger joint maritime-strike scenario, encompassing more than 1,300 personnel, 30 aircraft, and 8 ships from the U.S. and Canadian Armed Forces. Near Nome on August 4 and 6, two F-35s, two F-16s and a KC-135 from Eielson AFB operated alongside a HIMARS launcher, an AN/TPQ-53 radar and 11th Airborne Division soldiers. The HIMARS and F-35s were synchronized to engage a simulated target approximately 135 miles away, combining long-range precision fires, offensive and defensive counterair, and aerial refueling in a single mission. The HIMARS had been deployed from Joint Base Lewis-McChord to Nome aboard a Royal Canadian Air Force C-17, which stopped at Fort Wainwright to pick up 11th Airborne Division soldiers. At sea, the U.S. and Canada conducted multiple combined operations. In July, USCGC Munro, Storis and Fir sailed with the Royal Canadian Navy's HMCS Max Bernays on a five day, 800 mile patrol through the Bering Sea and Bering Strait. A second combined sail paired Max Bernays with USCGC Stratton in August, followed by a third sail involving Max Bernays and Munro in September. The September activity expanded the concept further, integrating U.S. and Canadian surface and subsurface vessels with RCAF maritime patrol aircraft, U.S. Air Force F-35s and an E-3 Sentry to rehearse detection, targeting and simulated maritime strikes. The individual events are being conducted as Flexible Deterrent Options under the broader, enduring TUNDRA MERLIN operation, allowing U.S. and Canadian forces to repeatedly integrate air, land and maritime capabilities across Alaska's Arctic approaches. U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert D. Davis, commander of the Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Command Region, Alaskan Command and Eleventh Air Force, delivers a recap of the heightened campaign season for Operation Tundra Merlin.show more

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Chairman1 day ago

If I was Canadian I wouldn't trust the US.

PDOG1 day ago

You going to post an update? 🤣

Folaaarr___1 day ago

massive flex in the Far North.

Joe Frankenburgersplatz1 day ago

So we're the North Korea of the west.

itsviolet 🩷1 day ago

If the merlin can keep the snowflakes from texting back, we’re all set. Stay frosty, North!

🎒memenoonmeme | زراد خان 🟩☫🟥🍉1 day ago

Check it out US military playing house.

Nick1 day ago

Good. The Aug Nome iteration synced F-35s with HIMARS on a ~135-mile simulated strike while F-16s ran DCA against inbound F-35s. High North isn’t empty space — it’s a defended approach. USNORTHCOM:

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Ian Ellis

34,099 views • 8 months ago

NEW: U.S. forces unleash a new wave of retaliatory strikes on Iranian military targets after recent attempted attacks on American troops and commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. CENTCOM says its forces hit IRGC air defense sites, radar systems, maritime assets and facilities, mine-laying capabilities and communications sites on Sept. 1. The strikes come as more than 50,000 U.S. service members operate across the Middle East, with CENTCOM saying they remain "vigilant, lethal, and prepared" to carry out further operations directed by the commander in chief.

NEW: U.S. forces unleash a new wave of retaliatory strikes on Iranian military targets after recent attempted attacks on American troops and commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. CENTCOM says its forces hit IRGC air defense sites, radar systems, maritime assets and facilities, mine-laying capabilities and communications sites on Sept. 1. The strikes come as more than 50,000 U.S. service members operate across the Middle East, with CENTCOM saying they remain "vigilant, lethal, and prepared" to carry out further operations directed by the commander in chief.

Fox News

317,799 views • 28 days ago

🇺🇸🇷🇺 The American military demonstrated to Russia how a real combined arms operation should be conducted through the use of air-assault maneuvers, which has caused Russian military bloggers to react with visible outrage. It is worth recalling that on 24 February 2022, Russia’s Airborne Forces launched an airmobile operation from Belarus toward Kyiv, supported by missile strikes and air cover, using attack and transport helicopters. The objective of this blitzkrieg-style maneuver was to seize Antonov Airport in Hostomel, north of Kyiv, establish a bridgehead there, create a secure air corridor for additional airborne troops, and then rapidly advance into the Ukrainian capital with combined forces. Fortunately, Ukrainian forces succeeded in destroying the main elements of the first wave of Russian airmobile groups and significantly damaging Hostomel Airport. As a result, Russian forces failed to achieve operational effectiveness through rapid maneuver, lost critical time, and allowed Ukraine to organize effective resistance, which ultimately led to the expulsion of Russian troops from Kyiv Oblast. By contrast, today U.S. forces first neutralized Caracas’s air defense systems through high-precision missile and air strikes, thereby ensuring a secure air corridor. This was followed by the helicopter insertion of U.S. special operations airmobile groups and the successful on-site operation to detain Nicolás Maduro. See the latest updates with us: Visioner

🇺🇸🇷🇺 The American military demonstrated to Russia how a real combined arms operation should be conducted through the use of air-assault maneuvers, which has caused Russian military bloggers to react with visible outrage. It is worth recalling that on 24 February 2022, Russia’s Airborne Forces launched an airmobile operation from Belarus toward Kyiv, supported by missile strikes and air cover, using attack and transport helicopters. The objective of this blitzkrieg-style maneuver was to seize Antonov Airport in Hostomel, north of Kyiv, establish a bridgehead there, create a secure air corridor for additional airborne troops, and then rapidly advance into the Ukrainian capital with combined forces. Fortunately, Ukrainian forces succeeded in destroying the main elements of the first wave of Russian airmobile groups and significantly damaging Hostomel Airport. As a result, Russian forces failed to achieve operational effectiveness through rapid maneuver, lost critical time, and allowed Ukraine to organize effective resistance, which ultimately led to the expulsion of Russian troops from Kyiv Oblast. By contrast, today U.S. forces first neutralized Caracas’s air defense systems through high-precision missile and air strikes, thereby ensuring a secure air corridor. This was followed by the helicopter insertion of U.S. special operations airmobile groups and the successful on-site operation to detain Nicolás Maduro. See the latest updates with us: Visioner

Visioner

958,796 views • 9 months ago