It was a pleasure supporting Marines and great to be a part of such an outstanding exercise,” said Scott.
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“Draken flies the full spectrum of adversary support, including initial training units like the USAF F-35A training squadrons at Luke Air Force Base (AFB) all the way up to USAF Fighter Weapons School, Red Flag events, and exercises like Winter Fury where radar and night capability are needed to replicate higher end threats.
Jeff Scott, Draken’s Director of Marine Operations, who is a former USMC weapons school instructor and F-35B pilot stated, “Draken uses former weapons school graduates and instructors from MAWTS-1, Top Gun, and USAF Fighter Weapons School as well as former and current Aggressor pilots from all of the services.” Draken is also currently the only contract air provider authorized to conduct unlimited maneuvering against the Department of Defense. This aircraft can also carry the Litening Pod and other specially designed Electronic Attack (EA) pods to satisfy a verity of customer requirements.ĭraken flew a total of 46 day and night sorties supporting the exercise and provided mission planners, mission commanders, range training officers, and controllers to assist in the adversary presentations. and NATO standard ordinance including air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles and laser-guided bombs (LGBs). The L-159E can also carry a wide range of U.S.
The L-159 Honey Badger features a multi-mode 4th generation Selex Grifo-L radar that permits all-weather, day and night operations. The L-159E Honey Badger is a single-seat, multi-role aircraft capable of supporting a variety of air-to-air, air-to-ground and reconnaissance missions. 7, 2017.Īccording to a company news release, the drill was a high-end combat training event for 3rd MAW units, exercising full-scale Offensive Anti-Air Warfare, Air Interdiction, and Active Air Defense mission sets against a complex and advanced threat.
The L-159E Honey Badger is a single-seat, multi-role aircraft capable of supporting a variety of air-to-air, air-to-ground and reconnaissance missionsĭraken International’s L-159E Honey Badger aircraft spent two weeks providing Adversary Air (ADAIR) support during exercise Winter Fury at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar for the 3rd Marine Air Wing (3rd MAW) from Nov.
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