AMALGAM DART 2021 | F-16 Intercept B-1B Lancers
27Amalgam 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-46 Pegasus, KC-135 Stratotanker, as well as C-130 and C-17 transport aircraft will participate in the exercise.
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.
00:00 - A Colorado Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off from Thule Air Base, Greenland during exercise Amalgam Dart 21-02, March 23, 2021.
00:27 - Two Colorado Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcons refuel with a KC-46 Pegasus near Thule Air Base, Greenland during exercise Amalgam Dart 21-02, March 23, 2021.
01:13 - Two Colorado Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcons intercept two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers from the 7th Bomb Wing near Thule Air Base, Greenland during exercise Amalgam Dart 21-02, March 23, 2021.
02:16 - Two Colorado Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcons, supported by a U.S. Air Force KC-46 Pegasus, Intercept a NATO E-3 Early Warning Aircraft during exercise Amalgam Dart 21-02, March 23, 2021.
02:28 - Two Colorado Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcons fly in the Arctic during exercise Amalgam Dart 21-02, March 23, 2021.
GREENLAND
03.23.2021
Video credit - 2nd Lt. Benjamin Kimball
North American Aerospace Defense Command