Two Air Force F-15s practiced scrambling with Swedish JAS-39 Gripen fighters from Šiauliai AB, Lithuania, as part of the annual NATO-hosted exercise there earlier this week. Tensions with Russia recently prompted Sweden’s Deputy Prime Minister Jan Björklund to call for a break with the country’s historic nonalignment to “set the wheels in motion” to enter NATO, reported Deutche Welle. “NATO’s airspace borders that of Sweden and Finland and we have to work together to ensure safety of all our airways,” said Capt. Tyler Clark in an April 1 release. Though Sweden is not a NATO member, Swedish forces regularly train alongside Alliance forces as part of NATO’s Partnership for Peace program. During the Baltic regional training event F-15s from RAF Lakenheath, Britain, practiced jointly intercepting a Lithuanian C-27J with the Swedes, guided by a NATO AWACS.
How Miss America 2024 Took the Air Force Somewhere New
Dec. 20, 2024
When 2nd Lt. Madison Marsh became the first ever active service member crowned Miss America on Jan. 14, top Air Force officials recognized a rare opportunity to reach women and girls who otherwise might not consider military service as an option.