Air Force Enables Ground Force Deployment to Baltics

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. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. R.J. Biermann)

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Air Force Enables Ground Force Deployment to Baltics

Approximately 150 U.S. Army Soldiers from the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Airborne, out of Vicenza, Italy, depart from Aviano Air Base, Italy, April 23, 2014, for Poland, on two U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules. 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. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. R.J. Biermann)

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Ramstein Hercs transport Army Airborne to Poland, Baltics

Approximately 150 U.S. Army Soldiers from the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Airborne, out of Vicenza, Italy, depart from Aviano Air Base, Italy, April 23, 2014, for Poland, on two U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules. The Soldiers will conduct joint NATO training, the 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 IBCT will arrive in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia for similar exercises in the coming days. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. R.J. Biermann)

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Ramstein Hercs transport Army Airborne to Poland, Baltics

Approximately 150 U.S. Army Soldiers from the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Airborne, out of Vicenza, Italy, depart from Aviano Air Base, Italy, April 23, 2014, for Poland, on two U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules. The Soldiers will conduct joint NATO training, the 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 IBCT will arrive in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia for similar exercises in the coming days. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. R.J. Biermann)

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Ramstein Hercs transport Army Airborne to Poland, Baltics

Approximately 150 U.S. Army Soldiers from the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Airborne, out of Vicenza, Italy, depart from Aviano Air Base, Italy, April 23, 2014, for Poland, on two U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules. The Soldiers will conduct joint NATO training, the 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 IBCT will arrive in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia for similar exercises in the coming days. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. R.J. Biermann)

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Ramstein Hercs transport Army Airborne to Poland, Baltics

Approximately 150 U.S. Army Soldiers from the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Airborne, out of Vicenza, Italy, depart from Aviano Air Base, Italy, April 23, 2014, for Poland, on two U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules. The Soldiers will conduct joint NATO training, the 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 IBCT will arrive in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia for similar exercises in the coming days. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. R.J. Biermann)

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Ramstein Hercs transport Army Airborne to Poland, Baltics

Approximately 150 U.S. Army Soldiers from the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Airborne, out of Vicenza, Italy, depart from Aviano Air Base, Italy, April 23, 2014, for Poland, on two U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules. The Soldiers will conduct joint NATO training, the 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 IBCT will arrive in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia for similar exercises in the coming days. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. R.J. Biermann)

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Air Force Enables Ground Force Deployment to Baltics

An Army paratrooper waits onboard a U.S. Air Force C-130 Super Hercules prior to taking off from Aviano Air Base April 24, 2014. Approximately 150 U.S. Army Soldiers from the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team from Vicenza, Italy, 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. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. R.J. Biermann)

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Ramstein Hercs transport Army Airborne to Poland, Baltics

Airmen from the 724th Air Mobility Squadron prepare cargo pallets to be loaded on a C-17 Globemaster at Aviano Air Base, Italy, April 26, 2014. The C-17, from M.K. International Air Base Passenger Transit Center, Romania, transported the cargo to one of the Baltics states where U.S. Army Soldiers from the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Airborne, out of Vicenza, Italy, will conduct joint NATO training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. R.J. Biermann)

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Ramstein Hercs transport Army Airborne to Poland, Baltics

Airmen from the 724th Air Mobility Squadron prepare cargo pallets to be loaded on a C-17 Globemaster at Aviano Air Base, Italy, April 26, 2014. The C-17, from M.K. International Air Base Passenger Transit Center, Romania, transported the cargo to one of the Baltics states where U.S. Army Soldiers from the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Airborne, out of Vicenza, Italy, will conduct joint NATO training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. R.J. Biermann)

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Ramstein Hercs transport Army Airborne to Poland, Baltics

Airmen from the 724th Air Mobility Squadron prepare cargo pallets to be loaded on a C-17 Globemaster at Aviano Air Base, Italy, April 26, 2014. The C-17, from M.K. International Air Base Passenger Transit Center, Romania, transported the cargo to one of the Baltics states where U.S. Army Soldiers from the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Airborne, out of Vicenza, Italy, will conduct joint NATO training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. R.J. Biermann)

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Ramstein Hercs transport Army Airborne to Poland, Baltics

Approximately 150 U.S. Army Soldiers from the 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Airborne, out of Vicenza, Italy, depart from Aviano Air Base, Italy, April 26, 2014, for Lithuania, on two U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules. The Soldiers will conduct joint NATO training, the 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 IBCT will arrive in Latvia, Poland and Estonia for similar exercises in the coming days. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. R.J. Biermann)

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Ramstein Hercs transport Army Airborne to Poland, Baltics

Published April 28, 2014
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.

Air Force Enables Ground Force Deployment to Baltics

Air Force Enables Ground Force Deployment to Baltics

Ramstein Hercs transport Army Airborne to Poland, Baltics

Ramstein Hercs transport Army Airborne to Poland, Baltics

Ramstein Hercs transport Army Airborne to Poland, Baltics

Ramstein Hercs transport Army Airborne to Poland, Baltics

Ramstein Hercs transport Army Airborne to Poland, Baltics

Air Force Enables Ground Force Deployment to Baltics

Ramstein Hercs transport Army Airborne to Poland, Baltics

Ramstein Hercs transport Army Airborne to Poland, Baltics

Ramstein Hercs transport Army Airborne to Poland, Baltics

Ramstein Hercs transport Army Airborne to Poland, Baltics