Sentences with phrase «air defense mission»

A Patriot Fire Control Enhanced Operator / Maintainer operates and maintains one of the world's most advanced missile systems — Patriot; the center piece weapon system of the Army's air defense mission against multiple air threats to include ballistic missile, cruise missiles, and aircraft of all types.

Not exact matches

U.S. military fighter - attack jets, bombers and drones have dropped more than 67,000 bombs since the 2014 start of Operation Inherent Resolve, the Defense Department's mission against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, according to information provided by Air Forces Central Command.

The original mission of the EC - 130H was SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses): the Compass Call were to jam the enemy's IADS (Integrated Air Defense Systems) and to prevent interceptors from talking with the radar controllers on the ground (or aboard an Airborne Early Warning aircraft).

Echoing then - Defense Secretary Ashton Carter's remarks last month, Goldfein said most view the January strike in Libya as a B - 2 strike, but forget that its journey and mission were supplemented by Air Force tankers, maintainer airmen and weapons loaders, among other «family of systems.»

There are pure dogfights, base defense, zeppelin defense, and zeppelin attack missions, with a sprinkling of air races tossed into the mix.

Served as the System Maintenance Technician for a Patriot Air and Missile Defense Artillery firing battery with a worldwide, short notice contingency deployment mission to provide Air Defense protection to selected critical assets and airspace under the direction of the XVIII Airborne Corps