Air Force Maj. Gen. Mark Bartman, adjutant general of the Ohio National Guard, speaks to more than 250 military members from the United States, Hungary and Slovakia, including approximately 150 from the Ohio National Guard, at the closing ceremony of Exercise Load Diffuser at Kecskemet Air Base, Hungary, June 8. Exercise Load Diffuser is only the third exercise of its kind in the two-decade long partnership between the Ohio National Guard and Hungary. Six nations participated in the two-week Hungarian-led multinational exercise that started on May 22, 2017, and focused on enhancing intero


Air Force Maj. Gen. Mark Bartman, adjutant general of the Ohio National Guard, speaks to more than 250 military members from the United States, Hungary and Slovakia, including approximately 150 from the Ohio National Guard, at the closing ceremony of Exercise Load Diffuser at Kecskemet Air Base, Hungary, June 8. Exercise Load Diffuser is only the third exercise of its kind in the two-decade long partnership between the Ohio National Guard and Hungary. Six nations participated in the two-week Hungarian-led multinational exercise that started on May 22, 2017, and focused on enhancing interoperability capabilities and skills among NATO allied and European partner air forces by conducting joint operations and air defenses to maintain joint readiness, while also bolstering relationships within the Air National Guard’s State Partnership Program initiatives. Air National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Jordyn Sadowski.


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