Two KC-135R Stratotankers carrying Airmen and cargo from the 168th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, arrive to a snowy Ørland Air Station, Norway, March 5, 2020. The 168th Wing is providing air refueling capabilities during Exercise Cold Response, a Norwegian national readiness and defense exercise that takes place across Norway with participation from each of its military services as well as from nine additional NATO allied nations and regional partners. (Photos courtesy of Jan Terje Hellemsbakke/Royal Norwegian Air Force)
Two KC-135R Stratotankers carrying Airmen and cargo from the 168th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, arrive to a snowy Ørland Air Station, Norway, March 5, 2020. The 168th Wing is providing air refueling capabilities during Exercise Cold Response, a Norwegian national readiness and defense exercise that takes place across Norway with participation from each of its military services as well as from nine additional NATO allied nations and regional partners. (Photos courtesy of Jan Terje Hellemsbakke/Royal Norwegian Air Force)
Recently arrived Airmen from the 168th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, carry luggage off of a KC-135R Stratotanker at Ørland Air Station, Norway, March 5, 2020. The 168th Wing is providing air refueling capabilities during Exercise Cold Response, a Norwegian national readiness and defense exercise that takes place across Norway with participation from each of its military services as well as from nine additional NATO allied nations and regional partners. Air Guardsmen and Reservists provide critical support throughout the USAFE-AFAFRICA area of operations by deploying to and interacting with a variety of nations. (Photos courtesy of Jan Terje Hellemsbakke/Royal Norwegian Air Force)
Recently arrived Airmen from the 168th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, carry luggage off of a KC-135R Stratotanker at Ørland Air Station, Norway, March 5, 2020. The 168th Wing is providing air refueling capabilities during Exercise Cold Response, a Norwegian national readiness and defense exercise that takes place across Norway with participation from each of its military services as well as from nine additional NATO allied nations and regional partners. Air Guardsmen and Reservists provide critical support throughout the USAFE-AFAFRICA area of operations by deploying to and interacting with a variety of nations. (Photos courtesy of Jan Terje Hellemsbakke/Royal Norwegian Air Force)
Two KC-135R Stratotankers carrying Airmen and cargo from the 168th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, arrive to a snowy Ørland Air Station, Norway, March 5, 2020. The 168th Wing is providing air refueling capabilities during Exercise Cold Response, a Norwegian national readiness and defense exercise that takes place across Norway with participation from each of its military services as well as from nine additional NATO allied nations and regional partners. (Photos courtesy of Jan Terje Hellemsbakke/Royal Norwegian Air Force)
The second of two KC-135R Stratotankers arrives at Ørland Air Station, Norway from the 168th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, March 5, 2020. The 168th Wing is providing air refueling capabilities during Exercise Cold Response, a Norwegian national readiness and defense exercise that takes place across Norway with participation from each of its military services as well as from nine additional NATO allied nations and regional partners. We are able to maintain a global presence through the combined efforts of our active duty, National Guard, and Reserve partners. (Photos courtesy of Jan Terje Hellemsbakke/Royal Norwegian Air Force)
Two Airmen cross paths while unloading a KC-135R Stratotanker that had just arrived from the 168th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, to Ørland Air Station, Norway, March 5, 2020. The 168th Wing is providing air refueling capabilities during Exercise Cold Response, a Norwegian national readiness and defense exercise that takes place across Norway with participation from each of its military services as well as from nine additional NATO allied nations and regional partners. Air Guardsmen and Reservists provide critical support throughout the USAFE-AFAFRICA area of operations by deploying to and interacting with a variety of nations. (Photos courtesy of Jan Terje Hellemsbakke/Royal Norwegian Air Force)
Two KC-135R Stratotankers carrying Airmen and cargo from the 168th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, arrive to a snowy Ørland Air Station, Norway, March 5, 2020. The 168th Wing is providing air refueling capabilities during Exercise Cold Response, a Norwegian national readiness and defense exercise that takes place across Norway with participation from each of its military services as well as from nine additional NATO allied nations and regional partners. We are able to maintain a global presence through the combined efforts of our active duty, National Guard, and Reserve partners. (Photos courtesy of Jan Terje Hellemsbakke/Royal Norwegian Air Force)
Two KC-135R Stratotankers carrying Airmen and cargo from the 168th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, arrive to a snowy Ørland Air Station, Norway, March 5, 2020. The 168th Wing is providing air refueling capabilities during Exercise Cold Response, a Norwegian national readiness and defense exercise that takes place across Norway with participation from each of its military services as well as from nine additional NATO allied nations and regional partners. We are able to maintain a global presence through the combined efforts of our active duty, National Guard, and Reserve partners. (Photos courtesy of Jan Terje Hellemsbakke/Royal Norwegian Air Force)
Two KC-135R Stratotankers carrying Airmen and cargo from the 168th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, arrive to a snowy Ørland Air Station, Norway, March 5, 2020. The 168th Wing is providing air refueling capabilities during Exercise Cold Response, a Norwegian national readiness and defense exercise that takes place across Norway with participation from each of its military services as well as from nine additional NATO allied nations and regional partners. We are able to maintain a global presence through the combined efforts of our active duty, National Guard, and Reserve partners. (Photos courtesy of Jan Terje Hellemsbakke/Royal Norwegian Air Force)
U.S. Marines and Norwegian civilian personnel offload cargo from a 777-200ER commercial airliner at Evenes Airfield, Norway, Feb. 19, 2020. U.S. Marines landed in Evenes before moving into Elvegårdsmoen training camp in preparation for Exercise Cold Response. Cold Response 20 will test the U.S. forces’ ability to carry out combat operations in challenging arctic and harsh mountainous conditions. (U.S. Marine [Read More …]
U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 451, Combat Logistics Regiment 45, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, drive a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle during a winter-weather driving course in preparation for Exercise Cold Response, near Narvik, Norway, March 9, 2019. Cold Response 20 is a Norwegian-led exercise designed to enhance military capabilities and allied cooperation in high-intensity warfighting [Read More …]
200227-N-JX484-0053 SKJOLD, Norway (Feb. 27, 2020) — Construction Electrician 2nd Class Evan Reese, assigned to Underwater Construction Team One (UCT-1), part of Navy Expeditionary Combat Force Europe-Africa/Task Force (CTF) 68, conducts ice dive operations at a frozen lake in Skjold, Norway, during Exercise Cold Response 2020, Feb. 27, 2020. UCT-1 is deployed to Norway in support of Exercise Cold Response [Read More …]
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