After the infiltration, the Marines carried out firings of the M28A1 reduced range practice rockets in support of the exercise. Marines from the 11th Marine Regiment of the 1st Marine Division conducted a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System rapid infiltration or HI-RAIN onto the Island of Anguar aboard an Air National Guard C-130. Marine Corps High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System with 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, launches a M28A1, reduced range practice rocket, in support of exercise Valiant Shield 2022 on Angaur, Palau, June 8, 2022.

Meanwhile, a press release from the Office of the President of Palau, stated that a detachment of Marine Corps personnel would conduct a firing exercise with the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) from the Island of Angaur, while Army personnel would conduct a shootdown exercise with the Patriot missile system from Palau International Airport.

Navy EA-18Gs from Electronic Attack Squadron VAQ-138, together with Air Force F-35As of the 356th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron and, 354th Fighter Squadron landed at Palau International Airport in support of Valiant Shield 2022. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs assigned to the 356th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, 354th Air Expeditionary Wing sit on the flightline prior to take-off in support of Valiant Shield 22 at Palau International Airport, June 13, 2022. This exercise served as risk-reduction preparation ahead of the companyвЂ™s participation in the Valiant Shield 2022 exercise currently in Guam.вЂќ On Palau Two U.S. The press release states вЂњDuring the exercise, Raytheon Intelligence & Space relayed data securely in seconds between the Raytheon Multi-Program Testbed (RMT-727), an airborne KC-135, a ground station located at Beale Air Force Base, California, and a satellite to address a set of joint warfighting mission requirements in the multi-domain battlespace. Static display of one of the High Vehicle Targets (CNMI Bureau of Military Affairs)ДЄ Raytheon press release dated to the 14 June, mentions that the company carried out a communications exercise involving the RMT-727 ahead of its participation in Valiant Shield. These HVTs resemble ballistic missiles and were likely being used to simulate such targets for airborne sensors. The press release stated that one of the exercises on Saipan involved three green High Vehicle Targets (HVT) brought by a detachment from the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC). This information was first reported by Marianas Variety, which reported on public information provided by the Commonwealth Bureau of Military Affairs. The portion of the exercise that took place over the islands ofВ Saipan and Tinian involved airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, And Reconnaissance (ISR) of ballistic missile surrogates. RMT-727 was likely involved in tracking targets being driven around Saipan and relaying that information to other assets. The aircraft is specially modified to carry fighter radars in its nose and was seen flying in circles around the islands on the 8 June.

It was also reported that the Raytheon Multi-Program Testbed (RMT-727), a modified special mission aircraft, took part in the exercise.

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In total, the exercise included 15 surface ships, more than 200 aircraft, and 13,000 personnel across the services.ДЄlthough the various press releases from the services were very vague in describing the scenarios in this yearвЂ™s Valiant Shield, the Joint Information Bureau for the exercise told OVD that the exercise scenarios involved: Participating units in the exercise included, the NavyвЂ™s USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Carrier Strike Groups USS Tripoli (LHA 7) the ArmyвЂ™s 94th Anti-Air Missile Defense Command (AAMDC) the Marine CorpsвЂ™ I and III Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and the Air ForceвЂ™s 36th Wing. Valiant Shield was held on Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, and at sea around the Mariana Island Range Complex. Navy, Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Space Force. The one-and-a-half-week-long exercise involved personnel from the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command joint forces completed the ninth iteration of exercise Valiant Shield on the 17 June.

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