Two United States Air Force KC10 Extender refueling tanker aircraft provide airtoair refueling for Royal Canadian Air Force CF18 fighter jets en route to Thule AFB, Greenland, for NORAD Operation Noble Defender.
NORAD Operation NOBLE DEFENDER 222 is an air defense operation that runs from from March 14 to 17, 2022, involving a variety of military aircraft from the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and United States Air Force. Personnel and aircraft are based out of Canadian Forces Station Alert, Nunavut; Whitehorse, Yukon; Yellowknife, Northwest Territories; and 5 Wing Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador.
U.S. Transportation Command is a unified, functional combatant command which provides support to the ten other U.S. combatant commands, the military services, defense agencies and other government organizations. USTRANSCOM conducts globally integrated mobility operations, leads the broader Joint Deployment and Distribution Enterprise, and provides enabling capabilities in order to project and sustain the Joint Force in support of national objectives. We conduct globally integrated mobility operations, lead the broader Joint Deployment and Distribution Enterprise, and provide enabling capabilities in order to project and sustain the Joint Force in support of national objectives.
For more information about U.S. Transportation Command, it's mission and it's people, please visit us at:
www.ustranscom.mil