NATO ARRC conducts exercise at RAF Fairford [Image 29 of 42]

RAF FAIRFORD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM

11.18.2020

Photo by Senior Airman Jennifer Zima 

501st Combat Support Wing

U.S. Air Force Col. Kurt Wendt, right, 501st Combat Support Wing commander, U.S. Air Force Col. Jon Hannah, second right, 422nd Air Base Group commander, U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Joseph Knothe, second left, 420th Air Base Squadron commander, and Royal Air Force Sqn. Ldr. Jayne Robertson, left, RAF Fairford RAF commander, salute the departure of U.S. Air Force Gen. Tod D. Wolters, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe and U.S. European Command commander, British Army Gen. Tim Radford, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR) for NATO, German Army Gen. Jörg Vollmer, Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum commander, and U.K. Chief of the Defence Staff, Gen. Sir Nick Carter GCB CBE DSO ADC Gen, on a Royal Air Force CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Royal Air Force Fairford, England, Nov. 18, 2020, in support of NATO Exercise Loyal Leda 2020 (LOLE20). Allied Land Command (LANDCOM) conducted a combat readiness evaluation on the NATO Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corp (ARRC) during LOLE20, which took place at RAF Fairford and South Cerney, England, Nov. 9-19, 2020. This was a complex multi-domain exercise designed to test the war-fighting capabilities of the ARRC in a COVID-19 environment including combat operations. LOLE20 was a key NATO exercise to validate and certify the Gloucester-based ARRC as a NATO war-fighting corps at full operational readiness, capable of commanding up to 120,000 multinational troops across a full spectrum of military operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jennifer Zima)

• Date Taken: 11.18.2020
• Date Posted: 11.25.2020 05:34
• Photo ID: 6435052
• VIRIN: 201118-F-IM475-1033
• Resolution: 7853x5235
• Size: 2.47 MB
• Location: RAF FAIRFORD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, GB