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U.S. Air Force personnel from the Air National Guard’s

U.S. Air Force personnel from the Air National Guard’s

U.S. Air Force personnel from the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., unload cargo from a C-17 Globemaster III, a large military transport aircraft assigned to... More

U.S. Air Force F-16C Block 52 Fighting Falcons assigned

U.S. Air Force F-16C Block 52 Fighting Falcons assigned

U.S. Air Force F-16C Block 52 Fighting Falcons assigned to the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., are lined up and ready for flying operations in support of A... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Robert Corpt, an RF

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Robert Corpt, an RF

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Robert Corpt, an RF transmission systems technician assigned to the 1st Combat Communications Squadron from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, checks the installation of an antenna system ... More

Arctic Challenge KC-135 and Panthers

Arctic Challenge KC-135 and Panthers

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker,108th Air Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., rests next to Royal Norwegian Air Force Crash/Fire/Rescue Panthers sitting on stand by at Orland Air Base, Norway, Ma... More

KC-135 Pre-Launch Meeting - Norway. Public domain image

KC-135 Pre-Launch Meeting - Norway. Public domain image

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Steven Wescott, 108th Air Refueling Wing Crew Chief, briefs his maintenance team before the launch of the KC-135 Stratotanker at Oerland Air Base, Norway, May 22, 2019. The KC-135 mi... More

KC-135 Launch at Arctic Challenge

KC-135 Launch at Arctic Challenge

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. George Ruczynski,108th Air Wing Crew Chief, shields from jet wash after marshaling and launching the KC-135 Stratotanker at Orland Air Base, Norway, May 22, 2019. The KC-135 is support... More

Arctic Challenge 2019 KC-135 F-35 Lightning Launch/ Taxi

Arctic Challenge 2019 KC-135 F-35 Lightning Launch/ Taxi

U.S. Air Force Airmen, 108th Refueling Wing Crew Chiefs, prepare to launch a KC-135 Stratotanker from 185th Refueling Wing, while a Norwegian F-35 Lightning II taxis in at Oerland Air Base, Norway, May 22, 2019... More

Norwegian AWACS at Arctic Challenge

Norwegian AWACS at Arctic Challenge

A Royal Norwegian Air Force Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft taxis the runway at Oerland Air Base, Norway, May 22, 2019. The AWACS are supporting Arctic Challenge Exercise 19, a Nordic avia... More

Staff Sgt. Kenneth Shaner Brown of the 108th Wing,

Staff Sgt. Kenneth Shaner Brown of the 108th Wing,

Staff Sgt. Kenneth Shaner Brown of the 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, details proper KC-135R Stratotanker fire rescue techniques to crash fire rescue personnel from Ørland Main Air Station, Brekstad... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Charles Bowen (center)

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Charles Bowen (center)

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Charles Bowen (center) and Master Sgt. Joseph Szoke Jr. (left), F-16C Block 52 Fighting Falcon maintainers assigned to the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire... More

A U.S. Air Force maintainer assigned to the Air National

A U.S. Air Force maintainer assigned to the Air National

A U.S. Air Force maintainer assigned to the Air National Guard's 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., cleans the canopy of an F-16 as part of pre-flight in support of Arctic Challen... More

U.S. Air Force F-16 aircraft maintainers, assigned

U.S. Air Force F-16 aircraft maintainers, assigned

U.S. Air Force F-16 aircraft maintainers, assigned to the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing, remove the right wing leading edge flap after the discovery of a damaged actuator on one of thei... More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Ferrario, 157th Fighter

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Ferrario, 157th Fighter

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Ferrario, 157th Fighter Squadron commander and deployed detachment commander, assigned to the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C... More

Danish, Massachusetts, New Jersey air power

Danish, Massachusetts, New Jersey air power

U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagles from 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Mass., form up next to Danish Air Force F-16 Falcons behind a KC-135 Stratotanker from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Laakehurst, N.J.... More

F-15s Exercise During ACE 19 - Norway. Public domain image

F-15s Exercise During ACE 19 - Norway. Public domain image

Two Massachusetts Air National Guard F-15 Eagles join in formation alongside the wing of a New Jersey Air National Guard KC-135R Stratotanker on May 24, 2019 in support of Arctic Challenge Exercise 2019. ACE 19... More

F-15 Eagles re-fuel over Arctic Circle

F-15 Eagles re-fuel over Arctic Circle

U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagles, 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes Air National Guard Base, M.A., wait in formation behind a KC-135 Stratotanker, 108th Wing, McGuire Air Force Base N.J., for their turn to refuel over Swede... More

Royal Danish Air Force Single Ship F-16C

Royal Danish Air Force Single Ship F-16C

A Royal Danish Air Force F-16C awaits his turn to receive fuel next to a KC-135 Stratotanker, McGuire Air Force Base N.J., over Finland, May 24, 2019. The aircraft are supporting Arctic Challenge Exercise 19, a... More

F-15 and KC-135 over Arctic Circle

F-15 and KC-135 over Arctic Circle

A U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagle from 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Mass., waits next to the wing of a KC-135 Stratotanker, McGuire Air Force N.J., while his wingman refuels (behind it) over Sw... More

Royal Danish Air Force F-16C and F-16D exit refueling

Royal Danish Air Force F-16C and F-16D exit refueling

Royal Danish Air Force F-16C and F-16D exit refueling from the KC-135 Stratotanker, McGuire Air Force Base N.J., over Finland, May 24, 2019. The aircraft are supporting Arctic Challenge Exercise 19, a Nordic av... More

Per Nilsson, special advisor to Sweden's Ministry of

Per Nilsson, special advisor to Sweden's Ministry of

Per Nilsson, special advisor to Sweden's Ministry of Defense on tour with State Secretaries from NORDEFCO, Nordic Defense Cooperation, visits Arctic Challenge Exercise 2019 at Kallax Air Base, Sweden, May 24, 2... More

An F-15 Eagle from the 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes Air

An F-15 Eagle from the 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes Air

An F-15 Eagle from the 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Mass. approaches the boom of a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 108th Air Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., while conducting c... More

Arctic Challenge Flying High - Norway. Public domain image

Arctic Challenge Flying High - Norway. Public domain image

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from the 108th Air Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., flys high over the Arctic Circle while conducting cross-border training over Finland and Sweden during Arcti... More

F-15 Contrails at Arctic Challenge 2019

F-15 Contrails at Arctic Challenge 2019

U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagles, 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes Air National Guard Base, M.A., produce contrails in formation beside a KC-135 Stratotanker, 108th Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., after refue... More

An F-15 Eagle from the 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes Air

An F-15 Eagle from the 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes Air

An F-15 Eagle from the 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Mass. refuels at the boom of a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 108th Air Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., while conducting c... More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Damon Remley, an F-16 Fighting

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Damon Remley, an F-16 Fighting

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Damon Remley, an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot assigned to the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., prepares to begin morning aircraft laun... More

U.S. Air Force F-16C Block 52 Fighting Falcons assigned

U.S. Air Force F-16C Block 52 Fighting Falcons assigned

U.S. Air Force F-16C Block 52 Fighting Falcons assigned to the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., taxi for flight operations in support of Arctic Challenge Ex... More

Arctic Challenge Pre-Flight Inspections

Arctic Challenge Pre-Flight Inspections

U.S. Air Force Captain Andrew Kohlbecker, 141st Air Refueling Squadron Pilot, conducts a pre-flight inspection of a KC-135 Stratotanker, McGuire Air Force Base, NJ, with Technical Sgt. James Kirchofer and Airma... More

F-15s at Arctic Challenge in Action

F-15s at Arctic Challenge in Action

U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagles, 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes Air National Guard Base, M.A., exit formation beside a KC-135 Stratotanker, 108th Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., after refueling over Sweden... More

A U.S. Marine with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251

A U.S. Marine with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251

A U.S. Marine with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251 prepares for a flight in a U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet during Arctic Challenge Exercise 19, a multilateral training exercise held at Rovaniemi Air Base,... More

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker, Nebraska Air

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker, Nebraska Air

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker, Nebraska Air National Guard, rests on the ramp after a hard days work at Orland Air Base, Norway, May 27, 2019. The KC-135 is supporting Arctic Challenge Exercise 19, a Nor... More

F-16's Fly During ACE 19 - Norway. Public domain image

F-16's Fly During ACE 19 - Norway. Public domain image

Three F-16 Fighting Falcons form alongside a KC-135R Stratotanker in support of Arctic Challenge Exercise 2019 on May 27, 2019. ACE 19 is a multinational exercise designed to provide scenario-based training to ... More

KC-135 rainbow reflection at Arctic Challenge 2019

KC-135 rainbow reflection at Arctic Challenge 2019

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker,108th Air Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., reflects off of the clouds below creating a surrounding rainbow above Orland Air Base, Norway, May 27, 2019. The KC-1... More

Airman 1st Class Madeline Paternoster observes Norwegian

Airman 1st Class Madeline Paternoster observes Norwegian

Airman 1st Class Madeline Paternoster observes Norwegian scenery during a KC-135R flight on May 27, 2019 during Arctic Challenge Exercise 2019. ACE 19 is a multinational exercise designed to provide scenario-ba... More

Arctic Challenge Flight Crew Review

Arctic Challenge Flight Crew Review

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Colleen Ryan, 108th Wing Flight Service Center NCOIC, discusses flight plans with Tech. Sgt. Chris Howe, 141st Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker, McGu... More

Members of the Swedish Honor Guard wait to greet Gen.

Members of the Swedish Honor Guard wait to greet Gen.

Members of the Swedish Honor Guard wait to greet Gen. Jeffrey L. Harrigian, Commander U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa (USAFE- AFAFRICA) upon his arrival to Kallax Air Base, Lulea, Sweden, May 27... More

Arctic Challenge K-135 pre-flight inspection

Arctic Challenge K-135 pre-flight inspection

U.S. Air Force Capt. Andrew Kohlbecker, 141st Air Refueling Squadron pilot, conducts a pre-flight inspection of a KC-135 Stratotanker, McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., with Tech. Sgt. James Kirchofer and Airman 1s... More

Iowa Air Crew at ACE 19 - Norway. Public domain image

Iowa Air Crew at ACE 19 - Norway. Public domain image

U.S. Air Force Capt. Anthony Brock (left), KC-135 pilot, Chief Master Sgt. Al Mast (center), KC-135 chief boom operator, and Capt. Tyler Kludt (right), KC-135 pilot, all members of 185th Air Refueling Wing, Col... More

Arctic Challenge 2019 Crew Chief holds brakes

Arctic Challenge 2019 Crew Chief holds brakes

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dillon Brandon, crew chief,155th Air Refueling Wing, Lincoln Air National Guard Base, Nebraska, signals hold brakes to a KC-135 at Orland Air Base, Norway, May 29, 2019. The KC-135 and... More

Aircraft maintainers of the Swedish and U.S. Air Forces

Aircraft maintainers of the Swedish and U.S. Air Forces

Aircraft maintainers of the Swedish and U.S. Air Forces talk while waiting to begin a distinguished visitors visit, hosted by the Swedish Air Force for leaders of partner countries participating in Arctic Chall... More

Recovering a KC-135 at Arctic Challenge 2019

Recovering a KC-135 at Arctic Challenge 2019

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dillon Brandon, crew chief,155th Air Refueling Wing, Lincoln Air National Guard Base, Nebraska, recovers a KC-135 at Orland Air Base, Norway, May 29, 2019. The KC-135 and Airmen are su... More

Chocking tires at Arctic Challenge 2019

Chocking tires at Arctic Challenge 2019

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Augusta Ireland , crew chief, chocks the tires of a KC-135 Stratotanker, 185th Air Refueling Wing, Col. Bud Day Field, Sioux City, Iowa, after a mission at Orland Air Base, Norway, May... More

Arctic Challenge 2019 KC-135 and Panthers

Arctic Challenge 2019 KC-135 and Panthers

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker, 185th Air Refueling Wing, Colonel Bud Day Field, Sioux City, Iowa, lands next to Royal Norwegian Air Force Crash/Fire/Rescue Panthers sitting on stand by at Orland Air Base... More

A Swedish Air Force JAS 39 Gripen takes off during

A Swedish Air Force JAS 39 Gripen takes off during

A Swedish Air Force JAS 39 Gripen takes off during Arctic Challenge Exercise 2019 at Kallax Air Base, Luleå, Sweden, May 28, 2019. ACE 19 is a Nordic aviation exercise that provides realistic, scenario-based tr... More

Swedish Air Force Conscript Hampus Worrby provides

Swedish Air Force Conscript Hampus Worrby provides

Swedish Air Force Conscript Hampus Worrby provides a JAS 39 Gripen cockpit familiarization to MSgt. Sherman Padgett and TSgt Michael Hunner from the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint N... More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Shaun Hoeltje, an F-16 Fighting

U.S. Air Force Maj. Shaun Hoeltje, an F-16 Fighting

U.S. Air Force Maj. Shaun Hoeltje, an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot assigned to the Air National Guard's 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., returns from an Arctic Challenge Exercise 20... More

A United Kingdom C-130J Hercules transport aircraft

A United Kingdom C-130J Hercules transport aircraft

A United Kingdom C-130J Hercules transport aircraft from Royal Air Force Brize Norton's 47th Squadron at Oxfordshire, U.K. begins another mission in support Arctic Challenge Exercise 2019 at Kallax Air Base, Lu... More

Swedish Air Force Conscript Hampus Worrby provides

Swedish Air Force Conscript Hampus Worrby provides

Swedish Air Force Conscript Hampus Worrby provides an introduction to the JAS 39 Gripen fighter jet to U.S. Air Force aircraft maintainers assigned to the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire J... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael Hanner, right, and

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael Hanner, right, and

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael Hanner, right, and Master Sgt. Sherman Padgett, assigned to the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., assess the correct positi... More

Base signage around the base during Arctic Challenge

Base signage around the base during Arctic Challenge

Base signage around the base during Arctic Challenge Exercise 2019 at Kallax Air Base, Luleå, Sweden, May 29, 2019. ACE 19 is a Nordic avia-tion exercise that provides realistic, scenario-based training to prep... More

A Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 taxis prior to flight

A Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 taxis prior to flight

A Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 taxis prior to flight operations in support of Arctic Challenge Exercise 2019 at Kallax Air Base, Luleå, Sweden, May 30, 2019. ACE 19 is a Nordic aviation exercise that provides r... More

Capt. Beau DeLeon, a Pilot from the 141st Air Refueling

Capt. Beau DeLeon, a Pilot from the 141st Air Refueling

Capt. Beau DeLeon, a Pilot from the 141st Air Refueling Squadron, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., dons his headset while following around Crew Chiefs on the flight line at Ørland Main Air Station, Norwa... More

Maintainence personnel from the 185th Air Refueling

Maintainence personnel from the 185th Air Refueling

Maintainence personnel from the 185th Air Refueling Wing, Sioux City, Iowa, prepare a KC-135R Stratotanker for take-off at Ørland Main Air Station, Brekstad, Norway as part of Arctic Challenge Exercise 2019. AC... More

Swedish Air Force JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets return

Swedish Air Force JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets return

Swedish Air Force JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets return from a morning mission as the third and final week of air operations continue in support of Arctic Challenge Exercise 2019 at Kallax Air Base, Luleå, Sweden, ... More

Swedish Minister of Defense Peter Hultqvist, talks

Swedish Minister of Defense Peter Hultqvist, talks

Swedish Minister of Defense Peter Hultqvist, talks to U.S. Air Force Col. Michael Rose, 169th Operations Group commander, during a visit with USAF personnel assigned to the Air National Guard's 169th Fighter Wi... More

Refueling at Arctic Challenge 2019

Refueling at Arctic Challenge 2019

An F-15 Eagle from the 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Mass. refuels at the boom of a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 155th Air Refueling Wing, Lincoln Air National Guard Base, Nebraska while ... More

F-15/ KV-135 Formation at Arctic Challenge

F-15/ KV-135 Formation at Arctic Challenge

Three U.S. Air Force F-15 Eagles from 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Mass., wait next to the wing of a KC-135 Stratotanker, McGuire Air Force N.J., while their wingman refuels (behind it) o... More

Royal Air Force FGR4 Typhoons FGR4 prepare to launch

Royal Air Force FGR4 Typhoons FGR4 prepare to launch

Royal Air Force FGR4 Typhoons FGR4 prepare to launch for morning missions as the third and final week of air operations continue in support of Arctic Challenge Exercise 2019 at Kallax Air Base, Luleå, Sweden, J... More

U.S. Air Force F-16 maintainers and pilots, assigned

U.S. Air Force F-16 maintainers and pilots, assigned

U.S. Air Force F-16 maintainers and pilots, assigned to the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., send their first wave of jets back to South Carolina after comp... More

U.S. Air Force F-16 logistics and maintainence personnel,

U.S. Air Force F-16 logistics and maintainence personnel,

U.S. Air Force F-16 logistics and maintainence personnel, assigned to the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., assist local airport personnel with loading their... More

U.S. Air Force F-16 maintainers and pilots, assigned

U.S. Air Force F-16 maintainers and pilots, assigned

U.S. Air Force F-16 maintainers and pilots, assigned to the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., send their first wave of jets back to South Carolina after comp... More

U.S. Air Force F-16 logistics and maintainence personnel,

U.S. Air Force F-16 logistics and maintainence personnel,

U.S. Air Force F-16 logistics and maintainence personnel, assigned to the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., assist a C-17 Globemaster III, heavy transport ai... More

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons, assigned to the

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons, assigned to the

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons, assigned to the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., return to South Carolina after completing their support of Arctic Cha... More

Airmen from the 104th Fighter Wing return from Arctic

Airmen from the 104th Fighter Wing return from Arctic

Airmen from the 104th Fighter Wing return from Arctic Challenge Exercise 2019 on a C-17 Globemaster from the 172nd Airlift Wing, Allen Thompson, Miss., June 10, 2019, at Barnes Air National Guard Base, Massachu... More

U.S. Air Force personnel from the Air National Guard’s

U.S. Air Force personnel from the Air National Guard’s

U.S. Air Force personnel from the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., unload cargo from a C-17 Globemaster III, a large military transport aircraft assigned to... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Robert Corpt (right) and

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Robert Corpt (right) and

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Robert Corpt (right) and Airman 1st Class Abraham Bliden, both RF transmission systems technicians assigned to the 1st Combat Communications Squadron from Ramstein Air Base, Germany... More

Master Sgt. Steven Wescott,a crew chief with the 108th

Master Sgt. Steven Wescott,a crew chief with the 108th

Master Sgt. Steven Wescott,a crew chief with the 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, instructs crash fire rescue personnel from Ørland Main Air Station, Brekstad, Norway, in KC-135R aircraft familiarizat... More

U.S. Air Force F-16C Block 52 Fighting Falcons assigned

U.S. Air Force F-16C Block 52 Fighting Falcons assigned

U.S. Air Force F-16C Block 52 Fighting Falcons assigned to the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., return from the first day of flying operations in support Ar... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgts. William Carlson (left) and

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgts. William Carlson (left) and

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgts. William Carlson (left) and Ryan Windhorn, aircraft maintainers assigned to the Air National Guard's 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., prepare for pre-f... More

U.S. Air Force F-16C Block 52 Fighting Falcons assigned

U.S. Air Force F-16C Block 52 Fighting Falcons assigned

U.S. Air Force F-16C Block 52 Fighting Falcons assigned to the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., are lined up and ready for flying operations in support of A... More

A Swedish JAS 39 Gripen from the Norrbotten Wing, Kallax

A Swedish JAS 39 Gripen from the Norrbotten Wing, Kallax

A Swedish JAS 39 Gripen from the Norrbotten Wing, Kallax Air Base, Sweden, takes off for its next mission in support of Arctic Challenge Exercise 2019 at Kallax AB, Luleå, Sweden, May 23, 2019. ACE 19 is a Nord... More

State Secretaries from NORDEFCO, Nordic Defense Cooperation,

State Secretaries from NORDEFCO, Nordic Defense Cooperation,

State Secretaries from NORDEFCO, Nordic Defense Cooperation, visit Arctic Challenge Exercise 2019 at Kallax Air Base, Sweden, May 24, 2019 and receive an aircrew flight equipment brief from U.S. Air Force Lt. C... More

Royal Danish Air Force F-16C and F-16D exit refueling

Royal Danish Air Force F-16C and F-16D exit refueling

Royal Danish Air Force F-16C and F-16D exit refueling from the KC-135 Stratotanker, McGuire Air Force Base N.J., over Finland, May 24, 2019. The aircraft are supporting Arctic Challenge Exercise 19, a Nordic av... More

KC-135 boom operator Airman 1st Class Chuck Howard

KC-135 boom operator Airman 1st Class Chuck Howard

KC-135 boom operator Airman 1st Class Chuck Howard guides an F-15 Eagle from the 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Mass., during in-flight refueling on May 24, 2019 in support of Arctic Challe... More

Airman 1st Class Pedro Ortiz, a crew chief assigned

Airman 1st Class Pedro Ortiz, a crew chief assigned

Airman 1st Class Pedro Ortiz, a crew chief assigned to the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., performs post flight inspections to a U.S. Air Force F-16C Block 52 F... More

An F-15 Eagle from the 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes Air

An F-15 Eagle from the 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes Air

An F-15 Eagle from the 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Mass. refuels at the boom of a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 108th Air Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., while conducting c... More

A U.S. Marine observes a Finnish F/A-18 Hornet prepare

A U.S. Marine observes a Finnish F/A-18 Hornet prepare

A U.S. Marine observes a Finnish F/A-18 Hornet prepare for a flight during Arctic Challenge Exercise 19, a multilateral training exercise held at Rovaniemi Air Base, Finland, May 27, 2019. The U.S. Marine Corps... More

Airman 1st Class Hunter Hoagland and Master Sgt. Colleen

Airman 1st Class Hunter Hoagland and Master Sgt. Colleen

Airman 1st Class Hunter Hoagland and Master Sgt. Colleen Ryan look on as Boom Operator Technical Sgt. Chris Howe refuels an F-15 Eagle on May 27, 2019. The KC-135s are supporting Arctic Challenge Exercise 19, a... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Gene Croft, F-16

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Gene Croft, F-16

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Gene Croft, F-16 maintainance supervisor assigned to the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., begin morning aircraft launch op... More

Gen. Jeffrey L. Harrigian, Commander U.S. Air Forces

Gen. Jeffrey L. Harrigian, Commander U.S. Air Forces

Gen. Jeffrey L. Harrigian, Commander U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa (USAFE- AFAFRICA) is greeted by Swedish Air Force Col. Claes Isoz, Norrbotten Wing Commander at Kallax Air Base, Lulea, Swede... More

A Swedish Air Force JAS 39 Gripen taxies prior to flight

A Swedish Air Force JAS 39 Gripen taxies prior to flight

A Swedish Air Force JAS 39 Gripen taxies prior to flight operations during Arctic Challenge Exercise 2019 at Kallax Air Base, Luleå, Sweden, May 28, 2019. ACE 19 is a Nordic aviation exercise that provides real... More

A Royal Norwegian Air Force F-35 II Lightening takes

A Royal Norwegian Air Force F-35 II Lightening takes

A Royal Norwegian Air Force F-35 II Lightening takes off next to a U.S. Air Force Stratotanker, 108th Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J,at Orland Air Base, Norway, May 28, 2019. The KC-135 mission is ... More

Aircraft maintainers of the Swedish and U.S. Air Forces

Aircraft maintainers of the Swedish and U.S. Air Forces

Aircraft maintainers of the Swedish and U.S. Air Forces talk while waiting to begin a distinguished visitors visit, hosted by the Swedish Air Force for leaders of partner countries participating in Arctic Chall... More

U.S. Air Force Maj. Shaun Hoeltje, an F-16 Fighting

U.S. Air Force Maj. Shaun Hoeltje, an F-16 Fighting

U.S. Air Force Maj. Shaun Hoeltje, an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot assigned to the Air National Guard's 169th Fighter Wing at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., returns from an Arctic Challenge Exercise 20... More

Swedish Air Force Conscript Jonathan Jansson provides

Swedish Air Force Conscript Jonathan Jansson provides

Swedish Air Force Conscript Jonathan Jansson provides a JAS 39 Gripen familiarization to SrA Kenneth Pearson, SrA Manly Egon and Lt. Col Brian Doyle from the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntir... More

A United Kingdom C-130J Hercules transport aircraft

A United Kingdom C-130J Hercules transport aircraft

A United Kingdom C-130J Hercules transport aircraft from Royal Air Force Brize Norton's 47th Squadron at Oxfordshire, U.K. begins another mission in support Arctic Challenge Exercise 2019 at Kallax Air Base, Lu... More

Swedish Air Force aircraft maintainers provide an

Swedish Air Force aircraft maintainers provide an

Swedish Air Force aircraft maintainers provide an introduction to the JAS 39 Gripen fighter jet to U.S. Air Force aircraft maintainers assigned to the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint... More

Base signage around the base during Arctic Challenge

Base signage around the base during Arctic Challenge

Base signage around the base during Arctic Challenge Exercise 2019 at Kallax Air Base, Luleå, Sweden, May 29, 2019. ACE 19 is a Nordic avia-tion exercise that provides realistic, scenario-based training to prep... More

A Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 taxis behind Swedish

A Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 taxis behind Swedish

A Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 taxis behind Swedish Air Force JAS 39 Gripens prior to flight operations in support of Arctic Challenge Exercise 2019 at Kallax Air Base, Luleå, Sweden, May 30, 2019. ACE 19 is a ... More

Airman 1st Class Hunter Hoagland, Technical Sgt. Ryan

Airman 1st Class Hunter Hoagland, Technical Sgt. Ryan

Airman 1st Class Hunter Hoagland, Technical Sgt. Ryan Lawton, and Staff Sgt. George Ruczynski, Crew Chiefs from the 108th Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., show Pilot Capt. Beau DeLeon how to prepar... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Marquette Point, assigned

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Marquette Point, assigned

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Marquette Point, assigned to the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., downloads an AIM 9 missile in support of Arctic Challenge Exerci... More

KC-135 Pilot Capt. Scott Marsh of the 185th Air Refueling

KC-135 Pilot Capt. Scott Marsh of the 185th Air Refueling

KC-135 Pilot Capt. Scott Marsh of the 185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa, looks on as fellow pilot, 1st Lt. Andrew Ter Haar, passes the fuel load paperwork to Boom Operator Master Sgt. Jason Stoos on June 3, 2019 i... More

U.S. Air Force F-16 maintainers, assigned to the Air

U.S. Air Force F-16 maintainers, assigned to the Air

U.S. Air Force F-16 maintainers, assigned to the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., begin morning launch operations as the third and final week of air operati... More

Swedish Minister of Defense Peter Hultqvist, talks

Swedish Minister of Defense Peter Hultqvist, talks

Swedish Minister of Defense Peter Hultqvist, talks to U.S. Air Force Col. Michael Rose, 169th Operations Group commander, during a visit with USAF personnel assigned to the Air National Guard's 169th Fighter Wi... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. James Williams, assigned

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. James Williams, assigned

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. James Williams, assigned to the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing, inspects the actuator from one of their F-16 Fighting Falcons during Arctic Challenge Exercise 2... More

A United Kingdom C-130J Hercules transport aircraft

A United Kingdom C-130J Hercules transport aircraft

A United Kingdom C-130J Hercules transport aircraft from Royal Air Force Brize Norton's 47th Squadron at Oxfordshire, U.K. taxis into position to launch for a morning mission as the third and final week of air ... More

U.S. Air Force F-16 logistics and maintainence personnel,

U.S. Air Force F-16 logistics and maintainence personnel,

U.S. Air Force F-16 logistics and maintainence personnel, assigned to the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., assist local airport personnel with loading their... More

U.S. Air Force F-16 maintainers and pilots, assigned

U.S. Air Force F-16 maintainers and pilots, assigned

U.S. Air Force F-16 maintainers and pilots, assigned to the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., send their first wave of jets back to South Carolina after comp... More

U.S. Air Force F-16 maintainers and pilots, assigned

U.S. Air Force F-16 maintainers and pilots, assigned

U.S. Air Force F-16 maintainers and pilots, assigned to the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., send their first wave of jets back to South Carolina after comp... More

U.S. Air Force F-16 logistics and maintainence personnel,

U.S. Air Force F-16 logistics and maintainence personnel,

U.S. Air Force F-16 logistics and maintainence personnel, assigned to the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., assist a C-17 Globemaster III, heavy transport ai... More

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons, assigned to the

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons, assigned to the

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons, assigned to the Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., return to South Carolina after completing their support of Arctic Cha... More

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