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SOCEUR Conducts JASSM Palletized Munition Test Over Arctic Circle

SOCEUR Conducts JASSM Palletized Munition Test Over Arctic Circle
Airmen and riggers with the 1st Special Operations Squadron Logistics Readiness Squadron load a Rapid Dragon palletized weapon System aboard an MC-130J Commando II at Hurlburt Field, Fla. on Dec. 13 last year (U.S. Air Force Photo).

As Ukraine continues its NATO-backed defense against Russian forces, U.S. Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR) on Nov. 9 conducted the first theater test over the Arctic Circle in Norway of an AGM-158A Joint Air to Surface Standoff Munition (JASSM) palletized munition, dropped from an MC-130J Commando II. The latter, stationed at Mildenhall Royal Air Force Base in the United Kingdom, is part of the 67th Special Operations Squadron of the 352d Special Operations Wing. SOCEUR said that the test occurred…

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