A jump zone ‘half a world away’: Paratroopers take nonstop flights to Eastern Europ for Swift Response exercise
By DREW BROOKS | The Fayetteville Observer (Tribune News Service) | Published: June 11, 2018
The All Americans have descended upon the former Iron Curtain.
An 82nd Airborne Division-led exercise saw paratroopers drop in Poland, Lithuania and Latvia in recent days. Known as Swift Response, the annual multinational airborne exercise involved thousands of U.S. troops and several international partners.
At the same time, a massive U.S. Army Europe-led exercise, known as Saber Strike, is underway across Europe. Saber Strike includes operations in four countries — Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland — and involves more than 18,000 troops from 19 partner nations.
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