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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      A 493rd Fighter Squadron F-15C Eagle and a Royal Norwegian Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon taxi to the runway for training exercise Arctic Fighter Meet 2016, Bodø Main Air Station, Norway, May 25, 2016. This training exercise allowed forward-based U.S. Airmen and aircraft from RAF Lakenheath to train with NATO Allies and European partners, building on skill sets and improving every nation's ability to seamlessly work together. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Erin Babis/Released)Arctic Fighter Meet 2016
                        
                        
                        A 493rd Fighter Squadron F-15C Eagle and a Royal Norwegian Air Force F-16 taxi to the runway for training exercise Arctic Fighter Meet 2016 at Bodø Main Air Station, Norway, May 25, 2016. This training exercise allowed forward-based U.S. Airmen and aircraft from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, to train with NATO allies and European partners, building on skill sets and improving each nation's ability to seamlessly work together. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Erin Babis)
                
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        Senior Airman George Lopez, 492nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, helps aircrew prepare for training exercise Arctic Fighter Meet 2016 at Bodø Main Air Station, Norway, May 25, 2016. Training regularly with other nations improves the U.S. Air Force's interoperability with fellow air forces and increases all NATO Allies and partner nations' overall ability to respond to crises together. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Erin Babis)Arctic Fighter Meet 2016
                        
                        
                        Senior Airman George Lopez, a 492nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief assigned to Royal Air Station Lakenheath, England, helps aircrew prepare for training exercise Arctic Fighter Meet 2016 at Bodø Main Air Station, Norway, May 25, 2016. Training regularly with other nations improves the U.S. Air Force's interoperability with fellow air forces and increases all NATO allies’ and partner nations' abilities to respond to crises together. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Erin Babis)
                
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F-15s reinforce defense capability at Arctic Fighter MeetPublished June 1, 2016
                    
                    By Senior Airman Erin Babis
                    
                    
                    USAFE-AFAFRICA Public Affairs
            **BODØ MAIN AIR STATION, Norway (AFNS) --**The 48th Fighter Wing trained alongside the Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish air forces from May 23-27 during exercise Arctic Fighter Meet 2016.Seven jets from the 492nd and 493rd Fighter Squadrons were brought to Norway to conduct basic fighter maneuvers with dissimilar aircraft to improve combined air operations."Back home we are training against like aircraft, other F-15s," explained Maj. Nick Norgaard, the Arctic Fighter Meet 2016 project officer. "The opportunity that is unique here is that we get to train with F-18s, F-16s and Gripens. That allows us to get a different perspective on how other aircraft maneuver because when we go to war, we don't expect to fight other F-15s."This training exercise allowed forward-based U.S. Airmen and aircraft from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, to train with NATO allies and European partners, building on skill sets and improving every nation's ability to seamlessly work together."There are always challenges, that's why we do training like this," said Royal Norwegian Air Force Col. Baard Reidar Solheim, the Bodø Main Air Station commander. "We are getting better every time. To have different types of jets work together from different nations, there will always be different things to think about and different ways of doing things."Training regularly with other nations improves the U.S. Air Force's interoperability with fellow air forces and increases all NATO allies’ and partner nations' overall ability to respond to crises together.Norway 



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