The U.S. Army now has an extra airstrip to carry out training for the HIMARS Rapid Infiltration (HIRAIN) forcible entry mission with the opening of Selah Airstrip at the Yakima Training Center on Nov. 15.
Photo: Capt. Tania Donovan
During a HIMARS Rapid Infiltration (HIRAIN) exercise, a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) vehicle is loaded into a C-17 and transported to a remote location whereby it is rapidly deployed to fire its rockets. It will then roll back into the C-17 to be flown off in a “move, shoot, move” concept.