U.S. Air Forces in Europe
U.S. Air Forces Africa
April 28, 2014
Ramstein Hercs transport Army Airborne to Poland, Baltics
By Staff Sgt. R.J. Biermann
31st Fighter Wing Public Affairs
AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy: Approximately 150 U.S. Army Soldiers from the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Airborne, out of Vicenza, Italy, load onto a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules from Aviano Air Base, Italy, April 23, 2014, for Poland.
The Soldiers will conduct joint NATO training, a first in a series of expanded U.S. land force training activities in Poland and the Baltic region scheduled for the next few months.
Additional companies from the 173rd will move in the coming days to Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia for similar exercises.
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U.S. Air Forces in Europe
U.S. Air Forces Africa
April 25, 2014
Eagles soar over Baltic skies
Maj. Barak Amundson, 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron pilot, flies over Lithuania during a training mission with the Lithuanian air force April 23, 2014.
The 48th Air Expeditionary Group has been conducting the Baltic Air Policing mission here since January and will be handing over the mission to the Polish air force at the beginning of May.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dana J. Butler/Released)
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