U.S. Airmen, equipment, and F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 157th Fighter Squadron, 169th Fighter Wing, McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Columbia, South Carolina, arrived here today for the first day of Arctic Challenge Exercise 19 taking place throughout Norway, Sweden and Finland.
U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 1st Combat Communications Squadron, 435th Air Ground Operations Wing have hit the ground running supporting Arctic Challenge Exercise 19 in Sweden. A special 11-person team whose motto is “first in – last out” arrived over a week ago from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to set up all of the communications infrastructure at Kallax Air Base in Luleå for the U.S. forces participating in ACE 19 over the next two weeks.
157th Fighter Squadron Commander, Lt. Col. Michael Ferrario briefed a crowd of 30 journalists from Sweden, the U.K. and other countries today at Kallax Air Base, Sweden. The discussion was about Arctic Challenge Exercise 19, a Nordic aviation exercise that provides scenario-based training to prepare participating forces for enemy defensive systems.
