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A Ramstein C-130J Super Hercules passes behind a Latvian military member during a combined jump day June 15, 2015, at Lielvarde Air Base, Latvia. More than 70 U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army and Latvian service members participated in a jump day to strengthen the bonds of allies and learn from each other during exercise Saber Strike 15. The exercise involved more than 6,000 service members from 14 nations participating all throughout Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland to learn from each other and promote stability in the region.
U.S. Airmen and Italian soldiers position themselves alongside a training hangar before breaching and clearing it during Battlefield Leaders Assaulter Course, Integrated Combat Essentials May 30, 2015, on Ramstein. BLAC ICE brings together security forces members from Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Italy with U.S. Air Force security forces members to promote a wider training standard among allied nations.
Staff Sgt. Adam Hart, 721st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron electrical and environmental systems specialist, disconnects a refueling pump from a C-17 Globemaster III before a flight to Bulgaria June 20, 2015, on Ramstein. Airmen and Soldiers worked together to load two M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks onto the aircraft over a span of two days.
Joint terminal attack controllers from the U.S. Air Force direct two A-10 Thunderbolts II from the Maryland Air National Guard during a training exercise June 12, 2015, at Adazi Training Area, Latvia. JTACs from various units around the Air Force joined exercise Saber Strike 15 to work with ally and partner nation counterparts to provide precise and directed aircraft support to Army units participating in the exercise. Saber Strike 15 is a multinational exercise with over 6,000 service members learning from each other and helping promote stability in the Baltic region.
Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, 3rd Air Force and 17th Expeditionary Air Force commander, speaks during a memorial ceremony at the Picauville 9th Air Force monument June 4, 2015, in Normandy, France. More than 380 service members from Europe and affiliated D-Day historical units participated in the 71st anniversary as part of Joint Task Force D-Day 71. The task force, based in Saint Mere Eglise, France, supported local events across Normandy from June 2 to 8, 2015, to commemorate the selfless actions by all the Allies on D-Day that continue to resonate 71 years later.
Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody speaks with Airmen from the 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron during a tour of Ramstein June 15, 2015. Before the tour, Cody asked each squadron he was going to visit to select an Airman they believed went above and beyond their duties, and he presented those individuals with a coin.
