? Eight C-130 units joined together to launch 21 C-130s from Dyess AFB, Texas, as part of a joint forcible entry exercise. The mix of C-130Hs and C-130Js took off from Dyess, home of the 317th Airlift Group, on June 21, creating a large formation that headed to Nellis AFB, Nev., where the aircrews practiced airborne insertion, according to Dyess’ June 24 release. “During this exercise, the goal is to integrate assets to improve tactics, techniques, and procedures for airborne operations against advanced adversaries in an access-denied environment, while operating on a global scale,” said Capt. Alexander Johns, 317th AG mobility flight commander. In addition to Dyess’ own C-130Js, the C-130s staging from Dyess came from Dobbins ARB, Ga.; Keesler AFB, Miss.; Little Rock AFB, Ark.; Niagara Falls ARS, N.Y.; Peoria ANGB, Ill.; Pittsburgh ARB, Pa., and Ramstein AB, Germany, states the release. (Dyess report by A1C Kedesha Pennant)
NORTHCOM’s Budget Priority: Longer Warning Time
April 14, 2021
Gen. Glen D. VanHerck's top priorities in the upcoming budget are domain awareness in the form of farther-seeing over-the-horizon radars, followed by submarine detection capabilities and joint all-domain command and control, the commander of U.S. Northern Command told members of the House Armed Services Committee on April 14. Before building…