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    Preparing Light Gun [Image 3 of 6]

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    PAPA, HUNGARY

    05.04.2021

    Photo by Spc. Giovanny Lopez 

    173rd Airborne Brigade

    U.S. Army Riggers with 601st Quartermaster Company, 173rd Airborne Brigade Batallion, prepare M119A3 Howitzer light gun for loading in military aircraft for an airborne heavy-drop into Bulgaria during exercise Swift Response 21, Papa Air Base, Hungary on May 4, 2021.

    Swift Response 21 will occur May 6-11, as the airborne operation portion of DEFENDER-Europe 21. It will validate U.S. European Command's ability to send high readiness forces into a designated area by conducting an airborne exercise consisting of strategic jumps as part of a Joint Forcible Entry (JFE) in three countries to seize key terrain.

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    Date Taken: 05.04.2021
    Date Posted: 05.09.2021 19:31
    Photo ID: 6636201
    VIRIN: 210504-A-BL167-494
    Resolution: 3936x2624
    Size: 4.47 MB
    Location: PAPA, HU

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