Nov. 26, 2024 Runway reopens at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center After two years of construction, the new runway at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center officially reopened.
Aug. 8, 2024 185th Air Refueling Wing Airmen learn to use the RTIC aboard the KC-135R Stratotanker U.S. airmen with the 185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National Guard, train to operate the Real Time Information in the Cockpit system on the KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft during Exercise Northern Strike 24-2 at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center.
Aug. 2, 2024 Northern Strike Returns to Michigan Northern Strike 24-2, one of the Department of Defense’s largest reserve component readiness exercises, is scheduled to take place across Michigan from August 3-17, 2024.
July 14, 2024 US Navy Silent Swarm 24 Exercise to get underway at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane), based in Crane, Indiana is the lead agency for Silent Swarm 24, taking place July 15-26 at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC) in Alpena, Michigan.
July 12, 2024 Whitefoot takes command of Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center U.S. Air Force Col. Michael C. Whitefoot took command of the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center during a ceremony at the CRTC on July 12, 2024, ending Col. James Rossi’s nearly four-year tenure at the base.
June 18, 2024 Military drones exercise in vicinity of Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center Alpena, Mich. - The Michigan National Guard’s Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center will host an annual training exercise that will cause an increase in local air traffic within a five-mile radius of the installation beginning June 19, 2024.The exercise activities will take place weekdays between
May 24, 2024 Emergency Managers prove agility in regional training event In the face of the Great Power Competition, Airmen have been charged to consider how agile combat employment aligns with their own career fields. This is true of 56 Air National Guard Emergency Management Airmen as demonstrated in a recent training event held at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training
April 16, 2024 Michigan National Guard enhances capabilities through alliance with Swedish air force Members of Headquarters Air Force and the swedish air force visited joint facilities for all-weather training to discuss new opportunities for multilateral training.
Aug. 11, 2023 Alpena Airmen Serve as Boat Crew to Support All Domain Operations during Northern Strike 2023 Airmen at the base use a 25-foot Boston Whaler boat to facilitate operations on Lake Huron and support a wide range of training scenarios and have a small group of enlisted Airmen who serve as captains and crew of the vessel.
Aug. 4, 2023 NSWC Crane leads Silent Swarm electromagnetic spectrum experimentation event Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane) led Silent Swarm 2023, a two-week experimentation event to further develop early-stage Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO) capabilities. Silent Swarm 2023 was sponsored by the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and