U.S. Air Forces in Europe concluded the Astral Knight 2024 exercise, which included participation from six NATO countries—Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the U.K., and the U.S.—with personnel from Greece and Denmark observing, from May 6 to 21, 2024. AK24 is U.S. European Command’s capstone integrated air and missile defense exercise focused on incremental development of theater-wide coalition IAMD capabilities. (U.S. Air Force video by Staff Sgt. Jesenia Landaverde)
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joshua Harman, 95th Reconnaissance Squadron avionics journeyman, is an Oregon native and violinist who enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in February 2019. In honor of the HOPE Spiritual Fitness Initiative, he shares his story of resiliency as a current HOPE specialist at RAF Mildenhall.