The aircraft flew the HIMARS from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, to Nome, Alaska, on July 31 in support of the 17th Field Artillery Brigade, I Corps. It stopped at Fort Wainwright along the way to pick up soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Mobile Brigade Combat Team (Air Assault), 11th Airborne Division. After the operation ended, the Royal Canadian Air Force returned to Nome on Aug. 10 and 11 to recover the launc…
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