Photo by Staff Sgt. Reece Heck | U.S. Special Operations Command Europe | 06.07.2025
U.S. Army Green Berets with 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) perform a military free fall jump in commemoration of the 81st Anniversary of D-Day in Saint Mère Eglise, France, June 7, 2025. U.S. military personnel are in France to mark the 81st anniversary of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. More than 80 commemorative events take place from June 3 to 8......
Photo by 1st Lt. Heather Cozad Staley | U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa | 06.05.2025
U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jason Hinds, U.S. Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa deputy commander and Maj. Gen. Jason Armagost, Eighth Air Force commander, unveil the 8th Air Force memorial during a ceremony commemorating D-Day at Sainte-Mere-Eglise, Normandy, France, June 5, 2025. The “Mighty Eighth” flew more than 2,300 sorties on D-Day and suffered more than 47,000 casualties,......
Photo by 1st Lt. Heather Cozad Staley | U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa | 06.05.2025
U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jason Hinds, U.S. Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa deputy commander, presents flowers at a ceremony commemorating D-Day and the unveiling of the 8th Air Force memorial at Sainte-Mere-Eglise, Normandy, France, June 5, 2025. The “Mighty Eighth” flew more than 2,300 sorties on D-Day and suffered more than 47,000 casualties, including some 26,000 deaths, during......
Photo by 1st Lt. Heather Cozad Staley | U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa | 06.05.2025
U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jason Hinds, U.S. Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa deputy commander, gives remarks at a ceremony commemorating D-Day and the unveiling of the 8th Air Force memorial at Sainte-Mere-Eglise, Normandy, France, June 5, 2025. The “Mighty Eighth” flew more than 2,300 sorties on D-Day and suffered more than 47,000 casualties, including some 26,000 deaths, during......
Photo by 1st Lt. Heather Cozad Staley | U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa | 06.05.2025
U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jason Hinds, U.S. Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa deputy commander, ceremony commemorating D-Day and the unveiling of the 8th Air Force memorial at Sainte-Mere-Eglise, Normandy, France, June 5, 2025. The “Mighty Eighth” flew more than 2,300 sorties on D-Day and suffered more than 47,000 casualties, including some 26,000 deaths, during World War II. We......
Photo by 1st Lt. Heather Cozad Staley | U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa | 06.05.2025
U.S. Air Force airmen and Allied troops stand in formation during a ceremony commemorating D-Day and the unveiling of the 8th Air Force memorial at Sainte-Mere-Eglise, Normandy, France, June 5, 2025. The “Mighty Eighth” flew more than 2,300 sorties on D-Day and suffered more than 47,000 casualties, including some 26,000 deaths, during World War II. On the 81st anniversary of D-Day, we......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Reece Heck | U.S. Special Operations Command Europe | 06.04.2025
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. James P. Work, commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division, addresses the crowd during a ceremony to award Staff Sgt. Bill Owens of the 82nd Airborne Division the Distinguished Service Cross for giving his life during D-Day in Saint Mère Eglise, France, June 5, 2025. U.S. military personnel are in France to mark the 81st anniversary of Operation Overlord, the Allied......
Photo by Capt. Jeffrey Brenchley | U.S. Special Operations Command Europe | 06.09.2024
Rangers from the 75th Ranger Regiment static-line parachute out of C-47 airplanes onto the Iron Mike drop zone near Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, June 9, 2024. More than 1,300 jumpers from the U.S., France, Canada, the Netherlands, Belgium, the U.K. and Germany jumped from more than 20 aircraft to commemorate the airborne operations that took place during Operation Overlord in Normandy, France,......
