TASK FORCE ODIN
Task Force ODIN was made available to Brigade level commanders, and fully integrated with direct action assets such as OH-58D Kiowa Warriors and AH-64D Apaches, which could also be called in to strike targets detected by elements of the Task Force.There are many sub-divisions in the task force: Highlighter, Desert Owl and Night Eagle to name a few.
The United States Army has stood up Joint Task Force Thor on October 1, 2014. The United States Air Force has inactivated the 4th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron which has been operating as part of Task Force Odin. The 4th ERS was part of the Project Liberty program created in response to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance requirement shortfalls in the skies of Afghanistan. The 4th ERS core mission was to provide real-time tactical aerial ISR to combatant commanders using the MC-12W aircraft (a modified version of the Beechcraft 350). The aerial ISR provided the ability to "find, fix, and finish" the enemy - an important factor in the intelligence world of a counterinsurgent. The MC-12W planes are now transferred to JTF ThorHammer. Read more in "Find, fix and finish: Air Force MC-12W mission transitions to Army", DVIDS, October 15, 2014
Project Perseus. After arriving in Iraq, the Project Perseus team commenced the performance of 34 flights, approximately 6 to 7 hours each, under the direction of Task Force ODIN, using a modified NP-3D aircraft from the US Navy's Scientific Development Squadron One (VXS-1).
On NRL's agenda is developing and improving SAR data acquisition, signal-processing and -exploitation algorithms, data screening and compression techniques, and ways to disseminate this information to military users.
“For the past eight years, Task Force ODIN has led and synchronized ISR for this theater. However, as forces and structure reduced, Task Force ODIN picked up more functions and responsibilities. In its earlier days it managed aerial ISR,” continued Thomson. “Today it also does ground ISR, counter-intelligence, biometrics, captured equipment exploitation, and a whole lot more.”
“To the men and women of Task Force ODIN…you have and continue to provide the coalition and Afghan security forces with a decisive advantage. You hunt down named objectives. You deliver pinpoint, lethal strikes. You provide early warning and tactical over-watch. You find homemade explosives and illicit narcotics. You provide evidence for convictions in Afghan courts. You disrupt the enemy’s reconnaissance efforts and their mission command cycle. You help protect the force.”
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Task Force 72
CTF 72 leads patrol, reconnaissance and surveillance forces in support of U.S. SEVENTH fleet. We maintain readiness to support today's maritime contingency and are ready for tomorrow's adversaries. We promote regional security and enhancement of theater security operations through multilateral engagements to build, reconnaissance and surveillance capability within SEVENTH fleet and partner forces. We seek close interoperability with allied forces, friendly nations, and other U.S. military services in execution of this mission.
War Eagles of Patrol Squadron 16 (VP-16) successfully deployed the P-8A maritime patrol aircraft to support the commander of Task Force (CTF) 72, through the western Pacific area of operations with anti-submarine Red October and anti-surface warfare.
The aircraft provided intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, maritime domain awareness, search and rescue, carrier strike group coordination and theatre security cooperation tasks.
Watch the water
In 2002, VQ-1 maintained a permanent detachment in Misawa, Japan, in addition to its home base at Whidbey and its presence in the Persian Gulf. Its area of responsibility reaches from the east coast of Africa to the west coast of the United States, roughly two-thirds of the world's surface. Sea to Shining Sea
Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 1 (VQ-1)is an aviation unit of the United States Navy established on 1 June 1955. Its role is aerial reconnaissance and signals intelligence. The squadron is nicknamed the "World Watchers" WW and flying Lockheed EP-3E Aries Il aircraft.