Exercise Northern Edge
Brim Frost '85 began 10 December 1984 and concluded 24 January 1985, with more than 18,000 military troops participating.
This exercise involved numerous communications initiatives such as Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, satellites, and electronic intelligence.
[citation needed] Arctic Warrior '91 replaced the Brim Frost exercises with the reestablishment of Alaska Command in 1990.
[8] Northern Edge '95 and '96 each consisted of three phases and included more than 14,000 personnel who participated in the joint exercise.
[citation needed] The Northern Edge '97, with more than 9,000 personnel, divided its field training into two parts, held in different locations.
[citation needed] The Northern Edge '99 included a night airborne mass jump, a brigade air assault, more than 1,200 air sorties flown, theatre missile defense, harbor defense, and a three-day-and-night live fire at Simpsonville.
The USMC Reserve Unit from Anchorage provided opposition force assets for the harbor defense portion of the exercise.
[citation needed] Northern Edge 2002 trained the crews from an aircraft carrier and its accompanying support ships.
The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) operated from the Gulf of Alaska, and its aircraft, including the new F-18 Super Hornet, flew into the interior of the state.
[11] While traditionally held in the cold weather months, for 2004, Northern Edge was moved to June to accommodate the worldwide scheduling of combat forces and availability of the carrier strike group.
[13] Carrier Strike Group Three also paid a port visit to Pearl Harbor between 22–26 June 2004, prior to RIMPAC 2004.
Approximately 5,000 US active duty and reserve component participated by executing defensive counter-air, close-air support, air interdiction of maritime targets and personnel recovery missions.
Military and civilian participants worked together to intercept aircraft, respond to attacks on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System and the North Pole Industrial Complex, and conduct medical evacuations after mass casualties incidents.
[19] On 22 June 2009, during the Northern Edge exercise, Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin visited the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier John C.
The military did not publicly announce the dates for Northern Edge '15, and a Freedom of Information Act request was required.
[22] The City Council of Cordova, Alaska, passed a resolution to formally oppose the Navy's training exercises.
It is a joint training exercise hosted by US air forces, which was held on 13 May 2019, in central Alaska.
Gen. David Piffarerio, described the inclusion of allies and partners as the "central role" to "effectively deter our strategic competitors.
