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Northern Edge 2021 will span from the Aleutians to Fairbanks to Juneau, in the air, and on the water in the Gulf of Alaska.
“We’re going to have 240 joint aircraft, so that’s aircraft from the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Army,” says Capt. Kitsana Dounglomchan. He’s a U.S. Air Force spokesman. “I mean, you’re talking everything from fighter jets to tankers to helicopters, to B1-B Lancer bombers. And it’s really the entire suite, as far as aircraft assets that are coming up — and that’s from all of the services. From the Navy, we have six ships coming. And then we even have one oiler.”