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)