Air Force Airmen assigned to the 345th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron tighten the firing mechanism onto an inert Mark 62 Quickstrike mine for Exercise Baltic Operations at RAF Fairford, England, May 31, 2018. Two B-1B Lancers assigned to the 345th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron dropped the mines while participating in BALTOPS which is an annual, multinational exercise designed to enhance interoperability and demonstrate NATO and partner force resolve to defend the Baltic Region.

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