B-52 Stratofortress and B-2 Spirit bombers deploy to Royal Air Force Fairford, England, to exercise skillsets in a forward environment. These exercises validate the vital role RAF Fairford plays in projecting the Department of Defense's strategic bomber force to other areas of responsibility.
While at RAF Fairford, B-52s from Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, will participate in BALTOPS 15 and SABER...
NATO will test and refine the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) during part two of Exercise NOBLE JUMP, from 9 to 19 June 2015 in Zagan, Poland.
The VJTF is being established as a part of an overall enhancement to the NATO Response Force in order to address new security challenges on NATO’s southern and eastern peripheries.
Exercise NOBLE JUMP represents the first time that...
Fuerzas Comando 2015 is a Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff-approved, U.S. Southern Command-sponsored, special operations skills competition and combating terrorism fellowship program under the responsibility of Commander, Special Operations Command South FC15 will be held in Poptun and fellowship program in Antigua, Guatemala from 15-23 July 2015.
The Saber Strike series of exercises have been conducted on a regular basis since 2010 and have been very successful in both enhancing interoperability between allies and regional partners and improving joint operational capability across a variety of mission sets. As in past iterations, ground and air forces will work together to strengthen the development of our joint leaders and teams...
Southern Jackaroo 15 is a multi-service, trilateral exercise between United States, Australian and Japanese forces that seeks to increase interoperability at the tactical level. The training features platoon-size elements that will focus on combined fires and maneuver support operations.
Tradewinds 2015 is a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-approved, U.S. Southern Command-sponsored combined joint exercise that will be conducted in conjunction with partner nations to enhance the collective ability of their defense forces and constabularies to counter transnational organized crime and conduct humanitarian/disaster relief operations, while developing strong relationships and...
BALTOPS is an annually reoccurring multinational exercise designed to enhance flexibility and interoperability, as well as demonstrate resolve of allied and partner forces to defend the Baltic region.
Southern Partnership Station – Joint High Speed Vessel 2015 – SPS-JHSV 2015 is a deployment of Military Sealift Command vessels in support of anti-trafficking operations, providing intra-theater lift, response to humanitarian assistance needs and building relationships with partner nations in the U.S. Southern Command area of operation.
