vUSCG Operation Northern Vigil (ONV) 2010

 

 

 Operation Northern Vigil is an Air Mobility Command humanitarian exercise conducted in February of every year in the remote reaches of Alaska.  The mission of Operation Northern Vigil is to provide humanitarian airlift and to provide medical relief to many remote villages while enhancing the skills of Air Mobility Aircrews.  Given the time of year Operation Northern Vigil takes place, aircrews can expect to be subjected to extremely violent and ever changing weather conditions, which will allow aircrews to gain experience in dealing with these kinds of conditions while landing at remote and austere facilities throughout the state.  

Participating units usually include All units of AMC with Support coming from Air National Guard, Virtual US Marines, Virtual US Coast Guard and Virtual Canadian Air Force.  Aircraft will be either based from Elmendorf AFB in Anchorage or from ships operating offshore.

Participants include:

 

The Official Report for Operation Northern Vigil 2010 is now available here: