Army Lt. Colonel Erol Munir, Office of Defense Cooperation chief at the Embassy in Tirana, briefs Ambassador to Albania Yuri Kim on the cooperative efforts between Albanian and forces May 21, 2021, at a tarmac on Kucove Air Base in Kucove, Albania. Military personnel are training at Kucove as part of Astral Knight 2021, a joint, multinational exercise involving Airmen, Soldiers and Sailors from the United States working with service members from Albania, Croatia, Greece, Italy and Slovenia. Astral Knight 21 aims to enhance the command and control integration, coordinat
Army Lt. Colonel Erol Munir, Office of Defense Cooperation chief at the Embassy in Tirana, briefs Ambassador to Albania Yuri Kim on the cooperative efforts between Albanian and forces May 21, 2021, at a tarmac on Kucove Air Base in Kucove, Albania. Military personnel are training at Kucove as part of Astral Knight 2021, a joint, multinational exercise involving Airmen, Soldiers and Sailors from the United States working with service members from Albania, Croatia, Greece, Italy and Slovenia. Astral Knight 21 aims to enhance the command and control integration, coordination and interoperability of air, land and sea capabilities, and overlapping operations into the integrated air and missile defense enterprise. It takes place under the broader umbrella of DEFENDER-Europe 21, a large-scale Army-led exercise designed to build readiness and interoperability between the , NATO allies and partner militaries. This year, more than 28,000 multinational forces from 26 nations will conduct nearly simultaneous operations across more than 30 training areas in more than a dozen countries from the Baltics to the strategically important Balkans and Black Sea Region. Follow the latest news and information about DEFENDER-Europe 21, visit
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