Air Defender 2023

[Piet Luijken]

From the ANG Media Day presentation:
ANG participation:
18x A-10
16x F-15
14x F-16
6x F-35
2x C-17
14x C-130
6x KC135
2x KC-46
3x MQ-9

MOB A-10/F-15/F-16 Schleswig/Hohn
MOB F-35 Spangdahlem
MOB C-130 Wunsdorf
MOB C-17 Prestwick
MOB MQ-9 Caslav

GSU A-10 Lechfeld, Amari
FOB A-10 Lielvarde

Deploy 29 may till 11 jun
Execution 12-23 jun (updated)
Redeploy 23-30 jun

[Oscar01]

Any clue on the F-16 units? I read CO, but 14 from 1 seems bit much, any clue which other unit(s) might participate?

Oz

[wamovements]

Any clue on the F-16 units? I read CO, but 14 from 1 seems bit much, any clue which other unit(s) might participate?

Oz

SD ANG

[Sjoerd]

Any clue on the F-16 units? I read CO, but 14 from 1 seems bit much, any clue which other unit(s) might participate?

Oz

As per latest Media Day, there will be 36 US States involved and a total of 46 Wings. So it's save to assume smaller elements will be send and one unit taking the lead (like MI / MA ANG taking the lead for the A-10 / F-15 units)
Earlier 175thFS/SD ANG was mentioned, so likely they will be leading. Apart from CO, I also heared AZ and DC. However, still no confirmation seen on those 3.

[VH3D]

F-35s should be from Vermont

[frank kramer]

Execution 22-23 jun

I think it is safe to assume that the execution phase will last a bit longer than that, say from 12-23 jun...

[Herby]

A short update.

Jagel will get six USN F-18.

In a local newspaper (not known to be too correct every time) the four RAF Typhoon should come to Hohn.

[Herby]

Changes, changes.

US Navy Supers and RAF Typhoon are now planned for Hohn.

[Kilgore]

Hello Folks ,
what is about the participation from JASDF ? C-2 is no longer seen in the SIS Summary ?
Will the participation only in form as observers ?

[AK01]

Sorry Kilgore, my mistake, it vanished during an update. Added again.

[Herby]

The US Navy contingent will presumably consist of four F/A-18F and two EA-18G, as USS George Bush‘s CVW-7 arrived at home we have to wait which it will be.

[The DJ]

The US Navy contingent will presumably consist of four F/A-18F and two EA-18G from USS George Bush‘s CVW-7.

I doubt that, as the CVN-77 Air Wing arrived home yesterday...

[Herby]

Could it be another wing from the same carrier?

[The DJ]

No. If USN is participating it's an Air Wing from another CVN.

[TimoBrouwer]

Acc to team Luftwaffe on Twitter, Greece will also participate as a new nation to Air Defender ‘23