Avenger Arrives at AFNORTH

Senior Master Sgt. Johnny Pires, Air Forces Northern Logistics Directorate, directs a forklift driver during the arrival of the Avenger Air Defense System at the Killey Center for Homeland Operations Feb. 18. The unit is a mobile, self-propelled surface-to-air missile system that provides short-range air-defense protection for ground units or fixed base assets against such threats as cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and low-flying fixed or rotary-winged aircraft. Since Sept. 11, 2001, Avengers have been deployed to the National Capital Region for Homeland Defense under Operation NOBLE EAGLE, to provide air defense for critical government infrastructure. The system is the final addition to the static displays arrayed in front of the Killey Center for Homeland Operations that include a Civil Air Patrol Cessna; an F-16 Fighting Falcon and an F-15 Eagle.

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Avenger Arrives at AFNORTH

From the driver’s seat, Chief Master Sgt. Curtis Bates, Air Forces Northern Logistics Directorate, checks the direction as the Avenger Air Defense System is pushed toward its display spot in front of the Killey Center for Homeland Operations Feb. 18. The unit is a mobile, self-propelled surface-to-air missile system that provides short-range air-defense protection for ground units or fixed base assets against such threats as cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and low-flying fixed or rotary-winged aircraft. Since Sept. 11, 2001, Avengers have been deployed to the National Capital Region for Homeland Defense under Operation NOBLE EAGLE, to provide air defense for critical government infrastructure. The system is the final addition to the static displays arrayed in front of the Killey Center for Homeland Operations that include a Civil Air Patrol Cessna; an F-16 Fighting Falcon and an F-15 Eagle.

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The Avenger Air -Defense System is pulled toward its final destination in front the Killey Center for Homeland Operations Feb. 18. The unit is a mobile, self-propelled surface-to-air missile system that provides short-range air-defense protection for ground units or fixed base assets against such threats as cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and low-flying fixed or rotary-winged aircraft. Since Sept. 11, 2001, Avengers have been deployed to the National Capital Region for Homeland Defense under Operation NOBLE EAGLE, to provide air defense for critical government infrastructure. The system is the final addition to the static displays arrayed in front of the Killey Center for Homeland Operations that include a Civil Air Patrol Cessna; an F-16 Fighting Falcon and an F-15 Eagle.

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Christopher Batastini, Air Forces Northern Logistics Directorate, hooks up the gun conveyor belt on the Avenger Air -Defense System’s .50 caliber M3P machine gun. The system arrived at the Killey Center for Homeland Operations Feb. 18. The unit is a mobile, self-propelled surface-to-air missile system that provides short-range air-defense protection for ground units or fixed base assets against such threats as cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and low-flying fixed or rotary-winged aircraft. Since Sept. 11, 2001, Avengers have been deployed to the National Capital Region for Homeland Defense under Operation NOBLE EAGLE, to provide air defense for critical government infrastructure. The system is the final addition to the static displays arrayed in front of the Killey Center that include a Civil Air Patrol Cessna; an F-16 Fighting Falcon and an F-15C Eagle.

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A contractor welds the chassis of the Avenger Air -Defense System to its base. The unit, which arrived at the Killey Center for Homeland Operations Feb. 18, is a mobile, self-propelled surface-to-air missile system that provides short-range air-defense protection for ground units or fixed base assets against such threats as cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and low-flying fixed or rotary-winged aircraft. Since Sept. 11, 2001, Avengers have been deployed to the National Capital Region for Homeland Defense under Operation NOBLE EAGLE, to provide air defense for critical government infrastructure. The system is the final addition to the static displays arrayed in front of the Killey Center that include a Civil Air Patrol Cessna; an F-16 Fighting Falcon and an F-15C Eagle.

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BGen. Alain Pelletier, Deputy Commander, Continental North American Aerospace Defense Region, Lt. Gen. William Etter, Commander, Continental North American Aerospace Defense Region-1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern) and Brig. Gen. David Hicks, Vice Commander, 1st Air Forces Northern, look over the commemorative plaque of the Avenger Air -Defense System that arrived at the Killey Center for Homeland Operations Feb. 18. The unit is a mobile, self-propelled surface-to-air missile system that provides short-range air-defense protection for ground units or fixed base assets against such threats as cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and low-flying fixed or rotary-winged aircraft. Since Sept. 11, 2001, Avengers have been deployed to the National Capital Region for Homeland Defense under Operation NOBLE EAGLE, to provide air defense for critical government infrastructure. The system is the final addition to the static displays arrayed in front of the Killey Center for Homeland Operations that include a Civil Air Patrol Cessna; an F-16 Fighting Falcon and an F-15 Eagle.

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Avenger Arrives at AFNORTH

Published March 16, 2016

TYNDALL AFB, Fla. -- Senior Master Sgt. Johnny Pires, Air Forces Northern Logistics Directorate, directs a forklift driver during the arrival of the Avenger Air Defense System at the Killey Center for Homeland Operations Feb. 18. The unit is a mobile, self-propelled surface-to-air missile system that provides short-range air-defense protection for ground units or fixed base assets against such threats as cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and low-flying fixed or rotary-winged aircraft. Since Sept. 11, 2001, Avengers have been deployed to the National Capital Region for Homeland Defense under Operation NOBLE EAGLE, to provide air defense for critical government infrastructure. The system is the final addition to the static displays arrayed in front of the Killey Center for Homeland Operations that include a Civil Air Patrol Cessna; an F-16 Fighting Falcon and an F-15 Eagle.