USAF F-16s Back On Alert Duty In Aleutian Islands For First Time In Decades

USAF F-16s Back On Alert Duty In Aleutian Islands For First Time In Decades

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F-16 fighters demonstrate rapid-response air defense from austere Alaska base in NORAD operation

U.S. Air Force F-16s maintained air defense alert at Eareckson Air Station during an October 18–26 deployment, then launched a homeland defense mission on October 25.

NORAD flies F-16s from remote Eareckson Air Station in Alaska, joined by F-35s and Canadian CF-18s in a binational homeland defense mission

NORAD kept U.S. Air Force F-16s on alert at Eareckson Air Station from 18 to 26 October and used them on 25 October in a binational mission with F-35s, an E-3 and Canadian CF-18s.

NORAD fighter aircraft execute homeland defense mission from austere Eareckson Air Station

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons maintained air defense alert at Eareckson Air Station, Alaska, during an Oct. 18–26 deployment before launching a homeland defense mission on Oct. 25, integrating aircraft from two other Alaskan bases and one Canadian base.