Blackhawks Fly Around New York and New Jersey

Blackhawks Fly Around New York and New JerseyVideo by Calvin Reimold U.S. Army Reserve Command

U.S. Army Reserve soldiers conduct an airfield seizure operations at Lakehurst Naval Air Base during Warrior Exercise 78-17-01, March 13, 2017. In this package Army Reserve aviators with Bravo Company, 8th Battalion, 229th Aviation Regiment, from Fort Knox, Ky. fly soldiers from Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). WAREX 78-17-01 is a large-scale collective training exercise designed to immerse units into a tactical training environment that closely replicates what they might experience overseas. The exercise involved elements of the Army Reserve, Active Army, Air Force and Marine Reserves to ensure that units and Soldiers are trained and ready to deploy on short-notice and bring combat-ready and lethal firepower in support of the Army and our joint partners anywhere in the world.