305th AMW provides Swift Response during NATO exercise

Photo By Staff Sgt. Azaria Loyd | A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III assigned to Joint Base Charleston, S.C., moves into position for in-flight refueling from a KC-10 Extender assigned to the 305th Air Mobility Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., during a Bomber Task Force mission, May 7, 2021. The 305th Air Mobility Wing participated in Swift Response 21 which is the first in a series of exercises associated with DEFENDER-Europe 21. The 305th AMW was pivotal in providing more than 470,000 pounds of fuel to multiple aircraft that supported various aspects of the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Azaria E. Foster)  

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, NEW JERSEY, UNITED STATES

05.07.2021

Story by Airman 1st Class Azaria Loyd 

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst

The 305th Air Mobility Wing participated in Swift Response 21, the first in a series of exercises associated with DEFENDER-Europe 21, May 7.

The 305th AMW was pivotal in providing more than 470,000 pounds of fuel to multiple aircraft that supported various aspects of the exercise.

“This exercise demonstrated our ability to integrate with sister service units to deliver troopers halfway around the world nonstop from their home unit locations,” said U.S. Air Force Maj. Ryan Lowenstein, Swift Response 21 tanker force mission commander.

Swift Response 21 is an annual, U.S. Army-led exercise designed to build strategic and operational readiness between the U.S., NATO and other European allies.

This year’s exercise highlighted NATO’s ability to leverage multinational cooperation by inserting ground forces rapidly and providing global crisis response, and featured more than 7,000 paratroopers from 10 NATO nations.

“With so much international participation, this exercise demonstrates to our partner nations and our adversaries the ability and willingness to project combat forces on a moment's notice, anywhere in the world,” Lowenstein said.

• Date Taken: 05.07.2021
• Date Posted: 05.14.2021 10:22
• Story ID: 396419
• Location: JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, NEW JERSEY, US