The 18th Aggressor Squadron is pairing up with other U.S. military branches to effectively train the Department of Defense’s assets and personnel by knowing, teaching and replicating adversary tactics during Northern Edge 2021.
For NE21, the Aggressors will be playing the ‘red air’ – or simulated enemy opposition – but this time they will have help from joint partners. Other units will be augmented alongside the Aggressors to provide different combat situations.
Together, the units will test the ‘blue air’ – or the friendly joint force – in air-to-air combat scenarios over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex and the Gulf of Alaska. The U.S. Navy and Marines are each flying their versions of the F-35 Lightning II alongside and against the…
