DEFENDER is the Army’s largest annual opportunity to exercise moving personnel and equipment into theater across modes for initial and follow-on operations critical to Large Scale Combat Operations. Led by U.S. Army Europe and Africa, the exercise focuses on the strategic deployment of CONUS-based forces, employment of Army Prepositioned Stock and follow-on exercises demonstrating lethality and interoperability with Allies and partners

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Video by Tech. Sgt. Frank Casciotta
History Shorts Ep. 7 310th Space Wing and its role during Operation Dragoon
310th Space Wing
Sept. 6, 2024 | 3:21
Dr. Courtney Short, 310th Space Wing historian, tells how 310th Bombardment Group, now the 310th Space Wing, contributed to the liberation of France during WW II. (U.S. Air Force video by Tech. Sgt. Frank Casciotta and Dr. Courtney Short)

Sources of information in this video came from:

- Forgotten Fights: Operation Dragoon and the Decline of the Anglo-American Alliance by Cameron Zinsou

- 57th Bomb Wing Association Archives

- Airman: The Life of Richard F.B. Gimmi by Russell M. Gimmi

- The National WWII Museum
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