Operation Avalanche Defender prepares security forces for future fight > Malmstrom Air Force Base > Article Display
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on June 9, 2023
Montana sun blazed down over the shoulders of Mount Helena’s foothills and into a wide plain of tall grass; its presence was dulled only by the scattered rain clouds that provided cool relief for armored security forces personnel running in formations on the ground below.
Operation Avalanche Defender was afoot, and nearly 200 uniformed men and women were arriving in groups via U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook and UH-60 Black Hawk piloted by the Montana National Guard.
The four-day simulated deployment exercise from May 30 to June 2 at Fort William . . .
