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☆ NORAD detects 4 Russian military aircraft near Alaska after US Army recently deployed soldiers to area
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Mary Kay Mallonee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The North American Aerospace Defense Command says it detected four Russian military aircraft flying near Alaska on Monday, less than two weeks after US Army soldiers were deployed to the area as part of a “force protection operation” amid an increase in Russian and Chinese military exercises in the region. The Russian aircraft remained in international airspace in Alaska’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) and did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace, NORAD said in a statement. “This Russian activity in the Alaska ADIZ occurs regularly and is not seen as a threat,” the statement said. NORAD intercepted Russian military aircraft flying near Alaska several times this month. Though the Biden administration has worked to resume high-level communications with China, including between military leaders, Beijing remains the US’ major military competitor.

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☆ This is what it's like for US Army paratroopers jumping out of giant C-17s for freezing Arctic airborne assaults
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

US Army paratroopers jumped into Arctic terrain at an exercise in Alaska last month. AdvertisementIn the skies above Alaska, US Army paratroopers, loaded with heavy gear, take the plunge out of a perfectly fine airplane into freezing air temperatures and whipping Arctic winds. The experience is quite intense, troops told Business Insider, an adrenaline rush only heightened by doing it in the Arctic environment. Abreanna GoodrichLast month, US Army Pacific hosted a Joint Pacific Multinational Rotation Center training event near Fairbanks, Alaska. Paratroopers with 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, stage onboard a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III prior to conducting an airborne operation in Donnelly Training Area, Delta Junction, AK, Feb. 8, 2024.

Persons: —, Abreanna Goodrich, USARPAC, Molly Treece, Charles A, Flynn, Derek Dion, you've, Donte Smith, Natalie Doan Smith, Spc.Wyatt Moore, Smith, Natalie Doan, David Hanson, it's Organizations: Army, Service, US Army, Business, U.S . Army, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, Pacific Multinational Readiness, Donnelly Training, U.S, Spc, US Army Pacific, Multinational Rotation Center, Boeing, Delta Junction, U.S . Air Force, 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Joint Base Elmendorf, . Air Force, Public Affairs, Paratroopers, U.S . Army 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Public, Public Affairs Detachment Paratroopers, 11th Airborne Locations: Alaska, Fairbanks , Alaska, Hawaii, Delta, AK, China, Russia, North Korea, Wainwright, U.S, Japan, Richardson , Alaska

☆ US Army attack helicopters are making 150-mile deep strike runs in the Arctic, where pilots grapple with frozen equipment and whiteout landings
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Helicopter pilots also have to be able to land in confined spaces, such as a small openings located in dense forests. AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters fly over a mountain range near Fort Wainwright, Alaska, on June 3, 2019. Army via APTowards the end of the recent JPMRC rotation in Alaska, Eifler told reporters about a 150-mile deep strike conducted with attack helicopters. The opportunities, particularly for helicopter pilots, are limitless, Burke told BI. As soldiers told Business Insider during the training in Alaska, if you can master warfighting in the Arctic, you can wage war anywhere.

Persons: —, Thomas E, Burke, Charles Flynn, Brian S, Eifler, Alejandro Peña, Natalie Doan, Cameron Roxberry Organizations: Service, Army, 11th Airborne Division, Business, Pacific Multinational Readiness, Airborne, Readiness, Alaska Army National Guard UH, 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, Base Elmendorf, . Air Force, Blackhawks, Aircraft, Paratroopers, U.S . Army 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 36th Airlift Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Helicopter, U.S . Army, AP, Apache Locations: Alaska, Brig, Gen, Wainwright , Alaska, China, Russia, North Korea, Richardson , Alaska, Wainwright, Japan, Fort Wainwright , Alaska

☆ The US Army is breeding a new kind of Arctic warrior by 'testing the mettle of the human' in frigid, freezing Alaska, commander says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Out on the snow-covered Alaskan tundra, US Army Pacific is pushing its soldiers to prepare to fight in subzero temperatures and hostile, unpredictable environments. "It's a harsh environment," Maj. Gen. Brian S. Eifler told Business Insider in an in-person interview at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks. Some told Business Insider the Arctic was the most difficult environment to fight in, while others noted it took a specific type of mindset to survive there, let alone excel. Maj. Joseph Gaskin told Business Insider, explaining that "we don't have all the answers for this environment."

Persons: —, USARPAC, Sammantha Ohm, Abreanna Goodrich, Snow, Maj, Brian S, Eifler, Col, Sean Lucas, Elijah Magaña JPMRC, Charles A, Flynn, USARPAC's, it's, Michael Sword, Joseph Gaskin, Lucas Organizations: Service, US Army, Business, Army, Pacific Multinational Readiness Center, BI, US, 11th Airborne Division, Troops, U.S . Army Spc, 5th Squadron, 1st Calvary Regiment, Delta Co, 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Airborne Division, Pacific Multinational Readiness, Donnelly Training, U.S, Spc, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Pentagon, Pacific Command, U.S . Army, 11th Airborne Locations: Fairbanks , Alaska, Alaska, Wainwright, Fairbanks, Hawaii, China, Russia, North Korea

☆ War in Ukraine is showing US Army soldiers what they'll need to worry about in future fights, generals say
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

But amid the horrors are lessons, two US Army generals recently told Business Insider during an interview at Fort Wainwright in Fairbanks, Alaska. Drones continue to be a dominant element of the war in Ukraine as both Ukraine and Russia ramp up production and development. Before drone warfare became as widespread and prevalent as it is in Ukraine today, troops had smaller ranges to worry about. And the range at which troops need to be able to suppress munitions and long-range capabilities has changed as well. Joshua KleinholzThe use of electronic warfare and sophisticated air defenses in Ukraine, too, has the Army rethinking what future wars could look like.

Persons: Charles Flynn, Cpl, Donte Mathews, Michael Virtue, Brian S, Flynn, they're, Matthew Coutts, Joshua Kleinholz, Eifler, we've, Maj, Demetrius Johnson, it's, haven't Organizations: Business, Army, US Army Pacific, Marine, 11th Airborne Division, Air Force Tech, Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center, US Army Locations: Ukraine, Europe, Wainwright, Fairbanks , Alaska, Russia, Russian, Camp Lejeune, N.C, Southwest Asia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Alaska

☆ War in the Pacific wouldn't be all aircraft carriers and air power, and a top general says the US Army won't be sitting on the sidelines
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The US Army would play a pivotal role should conflict arise in the Pacific, a top general told Business Insider. While maritime and air power are vital, the US Army and its allies "bind the region together." NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. "It is a Joint theater, with joint challenges, that require both Joint and multinational solutions!" USARPAC is the Army's largest theater army and covers the Army's largest region of operation, making its involvement in the area critical should war unfold.

Persons: —, Charles Flynn, USARPAC, Flynn, Molly Treece, China's, Keon Horton Organizations: US Army, Business, Service, US Army Pacific, Pentagon, East China, Paratroopers, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, Boeing, Donnelly Training, Delta Junction, U.S, Army, Pacific Command, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Pacific Multinational Readiness Locations: Pacific, China, Wainwright, Fairbanks , Alaska, Taiwan, South, East, Delta, AK, Alaska, Hawaii

☆ The top US Army general in the Pacific is 'worried' about China's missiles but counting on his soldiers being a 'dilemma' for the Rocket Force
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. The commanding general of US Army Pacific told Business Insider during a large-scale training exercise in Alaska that while the growth has been "meteoric" and he is "always worried" about the missiles, the Army has many ways to create a "dilemma" that China may not be expecting. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. US Army forces and their allies across the Pacific have ramped up training in recent years to better prepare its troops for warfare across various difficult environments in the region. At JPMRC's Hawaii rotation last fall, Flynn emphasized that the Army "will play a key role" in solving the challenges facing the joint force in the Pacific.

Persons: —, Evangelos Wilson, Charles A, Flynn, USARPAC, Mark Milley, Patrick A, Albright, USINDOPACOM Organizations: Service, Force, US Army Pacific, Business, Army, Pentagon, Rocket Force, People's Liberation Army, Department of Defense, U.S . Army, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Dillingham Army, U.S, Spc, 3rd Infantry Brigade, US Army, U.S . Army Sniper School, Maneuver, Excellence, Fort Benning Public Affairs, Pacific Multinational Readiness Center Locations: Pacific, Alaska, China, America, Dillingham, Hawaii, Wainwright, Fairbanks , Alaska, Gen, U.S

☆ US Army soldiers are working closer than ever with allies in the Pacific to counter China's 'aggressive, insidious' ways, top general says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementU.S. Army Gen. Charles Flynn, Commander of the U.S. Army Pacific, speaks with soldiers from the 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 24-02 at Donnelly Training Area, Alaska, Feb. 15, 2024. This month, US Army Pacific conducted its JPMRC training rotation in Alaska, where thousands of troops are trained to wage war in frigid, Arctic conditions. The Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center also does a training rotation in Hawaii, where troops conduct exercises in the jungle. That training is also conducted with a host of US allies and partners in the Pacific.

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☆ Three Soldiers Killed After U.S. Army Helicopters Collide in Alaska
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Gareth Vipers | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Kahiltna Glacier, Alaska, earlier this week. Photo: John Pennell/Associated PressThree soldiers were killed when two U.S. Army helicopters collided after a training mission in Alaska, marking the latest tragedy involving military aircraft in the U.S. in recent months. The AH-64 Apache helicopters were returning to the U.S. Army base Fort Wainwright when they crashed into each other near Healy, Alaska, roughly 180 miles north of Anchorage, on Thursday, Army officials said.

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