Army Riggers with 601st Quartermaster Company, 173rd Airborne Brigade Support Battalion, greet Army, Maj. General Terrance McKenrick, before vehicles and equipment are loaded into the military aircraft for an airborne heavy-drop into Bulgaria for exercise Swift Response 21 in Papa Air Base, Hungary, May 9, 2021. Swift Response 21 will occur May 6-11, as the airborne operation portion of DEFENDER-Europe 21. It will validate European Command's ability to send high readiness forces into a designated area by conducting an airborne exercise consisting of strategic jumps as part of


Army Riggers with 601st Quartermaster Company, 173rd Airborne Brigade Support Battalion, greet Army, Maj. General Terrance McKenrick, before vehicles and equipment are loaded into the military aircraft for an airborne heavy-drop into Bulgaria for exercise Swift Response 21 in Papa Air Base, Hungary, May 9, 2021. Swift Response 21 will occur May 6-11, as the airborne operation portion of DEFENDER-Europe 21. It will validate European Command's ability to send high readiness forces into a designated area by conducting an airborne exercise consisting of strategic jumps as part of a Joint Forcible Entry (JFE) in three countries to seize key terrain.


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