10/10/2022
“Special Delivery”
•An Air Force C-17 departs from 29 Palms while an AH-1Z prepares to spin up for concurrent operations.
•PATRIOT HOOK, a large-scale air mobility and contingency response exercise, took place in the Summer for five days. The exercise validated the HMLA’s ability to integrate with Air Force STRATLIFT to rapidly deploy, employ, and redeploy HMLA capabilities across time and space in a distributed, contested, and limited bandwidth environment beyond organic operational reach. According to the 452nd Air Mobility Wing: “The exercise involved more than 300 people who moved approximately one and one-half million pounds of cargo from three separate operating locations.”
•PC: Stinger Aircrew