A U.S. Air Force F-35A recently radioed an artillery unit assigned to the 1st Armored Division for fire support to neutralize an anti-air threat for the first time.
Staff Sgt. Jorge Almeraz (right), tank commander with Battery B, 4th Battalion, 2st Field Artillery Regiment, hands Spc. Joseph Sanders, a loader a lanyard after confirming a “call for fire” to fire nine rounds in a M109A6 Paladin during the Joint Strike Fighter Integration exercise, Nov. 7, at the Dona Ana Training Facility in New Mexico. The JSF Integration exercise tested multiple communications links between a U.S. Air Force aircraft and a U.S. Army artillery battery from the 1st Armored Division, to increase readiness across multiple domains. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brandon Banzhaf, 24th Theater Public Affairs Support Element)
The exercise took place in New Mexico.
Using eight networks, the pilot and soldiers were trying to develop the techniques, tactics and procedures for future exercises.
