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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      USAFE integrates with Arctic fighters during exercise Baltic OperationsA German Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon attaches to the Multi-Point Refueling System of a KC-135 Stratotanker, assigned to Royal Air Force Mildenhall, United Kingdom, over the Baltic Sea Region during BALTOPS-22, June 9, 2022. BALTOPS is an annual NATO exercise that ensures interoperability with allies and partners to conduct full spectrum military maritime operations to respond to threats anywhere in the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nicholas Swift)
                
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USAFE integrates with Arctic fighters during exercise Baltic OperationsPublished June 18, 2022
                    
                    
                    U.S. Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa Public Affairs
            **RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AFNS) --**U.S. Air Force**KC-135Stratotanker**aircraft integrated with Swedish, Finnish, German, and**U.S. Navy**fighters, June 9, during**U.S. Naval Forces Europe**’s exercise Baltic Operations 2022 over the Baltic Sea region.

Exercise Baltic Operations 2022, referred to as BALTOPS, is**U.S. European Command**’s premier maritime-focused annual exercise in the Baltic Region taking place from June 5-17. The exercise provides a unique training opportunity to strengthen the combined response capability critical to preserving the freedom of navigation and security in the Baltic Sea. This is the 51st iteration of the exercise series that began in 1972.USAFE integrates with Arctic fighters during exercise Baltic OperationsA U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet soars above the Baltic Sea Region while participating in BALTOPS-22, June 9, 2022. BALTOPS-22 strengthens the capabilities of NATO and partner nation maritime forces to ensure stability and prosperity around the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nicholas Swift)
            
            
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**U.S. Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa******provides aerial support in various capacities throughout the exercise, which included aerial refueling capabilities during Thursday’s mission. 

U.S. Air Force KC-135 aerial refueling platforms from**Royal Air Force Mildenhall**’s 100th Air Refueling Wing provided tanker support to Finnish F-18 Hornets, Swedish JAS-39Gripens, German Eurofighter Typhoons, and U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornets.

The KC-135’s unique capability to refuel both probe and drogue aircraft allows the U.S. to integrate with a variety of coalitionpartners. The aerial refueling function extends the range and reach of aircraft, giving them the opportunity to fly longer, faster and further to meet mission and training objectives.

USAFE-AFAFRICA aircraft routinely operate in the Baltic Sea region to assure NATO Allies and partners of our shared commitment to regional peace and security.LR 



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