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sourmash AUG 06, 09:51 PM
https://www.mlive.com/news/...northern-strike.html

US Military Lands Fighter Jets on Civilian Highway, Says It’s Just Testing Readiness

The Michigan Air National Guard will make history this week when it lands modern military aircraft on a Northern Michigan highway, officials said.

Crews from several military units will land six aircraft on M-32 near Alpena on Thursday, Aug. 5, according to a news release from the Michigan Department of Military and Veteran Affairs (DMVA). The highway will be closed for the exercise from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. from east of Herron Road to west of King Settlement Road; traffic will be detoured on M-65, Werth Road, US-23 and Ripley Street.

“This is believed to be the first time in history that modern Air Force aircraft have intentionally landed on a civilian roadway on U.S. soil,” U.S. Air Force Col. James Rossi, Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center commander, said in a statement. “Our efforts are focused on our ability to train the warfighter in any environment across the continuum so our nation can compete, deter, and win today and tomorrow.”

The exercise is part of the annual Northern Strike war-readiness training event happening through Aug. 14 at the National All Domain Warfighting Center (NADWC), which encompasses the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center and Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center.

Units participating in the highway landing are the Michigan Air National Guard’s 127th Wing from Selfridge Air National Guard Base, the Air Force’s 355th Wing from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona and the Air Force Special Operations Command from Duke Field in Florida. They will land four A-10 aircraft and two C-146 aircraft on M-32 near the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center.

The exercise is meant to “demonstrate how active duty and reserve-component units can integrate to project combat airpower in austere environments,” according to the release.
RWDPLZ AUG 06, 10:06 PM
Alpena is an interesting choice?

I head jet fighters as I was walking into my apartment yesterday. Looked online and found the Blue Angels are doing an airshow nearby. But I was wondering...
82-T/A [At Work] AUG 07, 10:54 AM
THEY'RE RUNNING TESTS SO THEY CAN INVADE THE INTERIOR OF THE COUNTRY!!!
sourmash AUG 07, 11:27 AM
If the US gov and city mayors keep instigating BLM and Antifa violence it could be training for supporting them under martial law to prevent people from fleeing.
Jake_Dragon AUG 07, 11:37 AM
Why would they choose a pothole ridden place like Michigan. Not that CA is much better but I have drove in Michigan and try to avoid it.
Perhaps that's how they get the military to fix the roads. "Being prepared"
sourmash AUG 07, 11:42 AM
They're going for Canada.
Jake_Dragon AUG 07, 12:40 PM

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Originally posted by sourmash:

They're going for Canada.



Good luck.
RWDPLZ AUG 07, 12:41 PM

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Originally posted by Jake_Dragon:

Why would they choose a pothole ridden place like Michigan. Not that CA is much better but I have drove in Michigan and try to avoid it.
Perhaps that's how they get the military to fix the roads. "Being prepared"



The more I think about it, the more I'm guessing they chose Alpena because there's nobody up there, meaning they probably have the best roads in the state. Some of the roads and potholes around here in Metro Detroit could probably destroy a fighter jet.
randye AUG 07, 05:54 PM
The Flygvapnet (Swedish Air Force), trains this way all the time and has done so for many decades.



The Swedes even have pre-prepared side roads to park and conceal aircraft off of the larger highways.



Many Swedish public highways and roads are specifically built to handle aircraft if needed.

The Swiss Air Force has also trained using public highways for generations:







Many other Scandinavian and West European Air Forces and even Asian Air Forces such as the Taiwanese and the South Koreans also regularly train using public roads and highways as alternate military airstrips and the reason is simple and smart.

In time of war the ability to effectively disperse aircraft and operations away from fixed target airbases is a big advantage.

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Jake_Dragon AUG 07, 06:02 PM
They have nice roads