AFGSC Airmen support largest NATO exercise in 20 years

A U.S. Air Force B-52 executes a show-of-force at the San Gregorio Training Area in Zaragoza, Spain, Nov. 4, 2015 during Trident Juncture 2015 – the largest NATO Exercise to be conducted in the past 20 years. During the nonstop sortie, which lasted approximately 26 hours, two B-52 aircrews from the 2nd Bomb Wing flew from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, to the multinational exercise area of operations. In addition to the show of force in Spain, the aircraft and aircrews also participated in a naval maritime strike scenario, and conducted a large force integration scenario in Portugal. With approximately 36,000 participants from more than 30 Allied and partner nations, Trident Juncture uses a fictitious training scenario to assess NATO’s agility and ability to meet operational challenges while responding to global threats to peace and security. (NATO photo by Henk van der Velde)