Press Releases

May 29, 2023
Arctic Challenge 2023: U.S. joins coalition for largest Nordic exercise

PIRKKALA AIR BASE, Finland – Arctic Challenge Exercise 2023, the premier Nordic large-force, live-fly field training exercise, focuses on advancing Arctic security initiatives and enhancing interoperability throughout the High North began today, continuing through June 9, throughout Finland, Norway,
May 26, 2023
In a sign of support, two B-1B Lancers to fly over Sarajevo

Two B-1 aircraft assigned to the 7th Bomb Wing from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, will conduct a low approach flyby as a show of support to Bosnia Herzegovina.
May 25, 2023
F-22s conduct joint training with Romanian and Italian air forces

U.S. Air Force fifth-generation fighters supporting NATO Allied Air Command’s Air Shielding mission along the Eastern Flank executed an Agile Combat Employment to Câmpia Turzii, Romania, May 22-25, 2023, to conduct joint training missions with the Romanian and Italian air forces.
May 23, 2023
Bomber Task Force: Supersonic bombers return to Europe

ROYAL AIR FORCE FAIRFORD, United Kingdom – U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers returned to RAF Fairford, May 23, for Bomber Task Force Europe 2023-3 to conduct a long-planned bomber rotation in support of U.S. European Command and NATO deterrence initiatives.
May 19, 2023
Exercise Astral Knight to take place 22-27 May in Balkans

United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa Airmen and aircraft from across the U.S. and throughout the European theater have begun arriving in Croatia and Albania to prepare for Astral Knight 2023, U.S. European Command’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense capstone exercise.
May 16, 2023
U.S. Air Forces in Europe hosts D-Day 79 media flight

In remembrance of the 79th Anniversary of Operation Overlord, the 86th Airlift Wing will be conducting D-Day commemoration flights with multiple C-130J Super Hercules from June 1-6, 2023.
May 16, 2023
APORA medical symposium hosts 28 nations in Lusaka, Zambia

Medical personnel from the Zambian Defence Force and United States Air Forces Europe- Air Forces Africa hosted the annual in-person African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance symposium in Lusaka, Zambia, May 8-12.
April 11, 2023
Ramstein to host its fourth Ukraine Defense Contact Group

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III is scheduled to host an in-person Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 21, 2023.
April 6, 2023
Virginia’s F-22s swap Lakenheath F-15Es on NATO’s Eastern Flank

U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors assigned to the 94th Fighter Squadron at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, are scheduled to begin deterrence operations at Powidz Air Base, Poland, April 6, 2023, as part of a scheduled aircraft rotation in support of the U.S.’s forward fighter presence along NATO’s
March 23, 2023
Bomber Task Force Europe: B-52s improve capabilities and demonstrate allied cohesion in the Mediterranean

Two B-52s from the 23rd Bomb Squadron operating out of Morón Air Base, Spain flew a Bomber Task Force mission over the Mediterranean region, March 22, 2023.