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U.S. Army Riggers with 601st Quartermaster Company, 173rd Airborne Brigade Batallion, prepare M119A3 Howitzer light gun for loading in military aircraft for an airborne heavy-drop into Bulgaria during exercise Swift Response 21, Papa Air Base, Hungary on May 4, 2021.
Swift Response 21 will occur May 6-11, as the airborne operation portion of DEFENDER-Europe 21. It will validate U.S. European Command's ability to send high readiness forces into a designated area by conducting an airborne exercise consisting of strategic jumps as part of a Joint Forcible Entry (JFE) in three countries to seize key terrain.
| Date Taken: | 05.04.2021 |
| Date Posted: | 05.09.2021 19:31 |
| Photo ID: | 6636201 |
| VIRIN: | 210504-A-BL167-494 |
| Resolution: | 3936x2624 |
| Size: | 4.47 MB |
| Location: | PAPA, HU |
| Web Views: | 61 |
| Downloads: | 9 |
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