SWIFT RESPONSE

Swift Response
 
 
 
Swift Response 25 demonstrates multinational power projection and the expansion of critical capabilities on the battlefield in the High North and Baltics through airborne jumps and integration of technology in support of the Army Modernization Strategy and DoD Arctic Strategy. Swift Response 25 involves five near-simultaneous airborne insertions, HIRAIN training, a field hospital exercise and live fires conducted with NATO networks in Norway, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden and Finland from May 11 – 31, 2025.
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AWACS aircraft involved in Trident Juncture
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Oct. 27, 2015 | 1:59
NATO’s AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System), a highly mobile and powerful aerial radar system, flies over Southern Europe during exercise Trident Juncture, providing an invaluable link between NATO’s many air assets and commanders on the ground.
Made up of an international crew, the AWACS fleet has been continually updated since it was first launched in 1980, and is a vital part of any large scale NATO exercise.
The AWACS based in Trapani, in Sicily, are from the E-3A Component of which there are 17 E-3A aircraft. These modified Boeing 707s are easily identifiable from the distinctive radar dome mounted on the fuselage. The E-3A usually operates at an altitude of around 10 km. From this altitude a single E-3A can constantly monitor the airspace within a radius of more than 400 km and can exchange information – via digital data links – with ground-based, sea-based and airborne commanders. By using pulse Doppler radar, an E-3A flying within NATO airspace can distinguish between targets and ground reflections and is therefore able to give early warning of low- or high-flying aircraft operating over the territory of a potential aggressor.

Date Shot: 2015-10-22
Location: Trapani, Italy
Language: ENGLISH
Duration: 1 minute 59 seconds
Journalist: Laurence Cameron

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LS NATO AWACS FLIES OVERHEAD.
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WS NATO AWACS PARKED ON RUNWAY.

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MS NATO AWACS RADAR DOME.

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WS NATO AWACS PARKED ON RUNWAY.

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WS AWACS CREW WALKING TOWARDS AWACS ON RUNWAY.

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VS AWACS CREW SITTING AND WORKING AT MONITORS.

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VS SHOTS OF RADAR SCREENS RELAYING INFORMATION ABOUT FLIGHT PATTERNS FROM RADAR.

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VS AWACS CREW WORKING AT DESKS.
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MS CREW IN COCKPIT.
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SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Lt Col Peter Geubbels, AWACS Tactical Director, Dutch Air Force, standing in centre of AWACS
‘It’s a crucial asset for NATO. It is a means available to NATO to respond very quickly, in a matter of days anywhere in the world with trained crews, to respond in a non offensive way but delivering a clear message from NATO’.

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SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Capt Lars Schmidt, AWACS Weapons Controller, Danish Navy, standing in centre of AWACS
‘Seeing much more than the fighter pilots we have a much larger range,that’s why we are like a Gods eye view to them and we are telling them what we can see, and giving them commands.’

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SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Lt Col Peter Geubbels, AWACS Tactical Director, Dutch Air Force, standing in centre of AWACS
‘This exercise tries to prepare us and the rest of NATO for possible operations in the future.’
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SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Maj Jay Vizcarra, AWACS Passive Controller, U.S. Air Force, sitting in center of AWACS
‘It’s very life like, you have numerous assets. Not only do you have fighter aircraft and strike aircraft you also have a lot of maritime assets out there patrolling the waters as well.’
‘Anything that requires any type of crisis in the world, we’re there to provide that capability worldwide within hours, forty eight hours or so, two days.’
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  • Italy
    ItalyParatroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade will depart from Italy to conduct an airborne drop into Lithuania.
  • Finland

    FinlandThe Finnish Army will conduct a live fire exercise with the Polish Armed Forces and U.S. Forces will fire HIMARS also known as HIRAIN training.

    Polish paratroopers will conduct an airborne jump into Finland, where they will join the Finnish Army to conduct force on force training.

  • Latvia

    Latvia

    In Latvia, paratroopers from Spanish Airborne Brigade and 173rd Airborne Brigade will conduct an airborne jump into Latvia and a live-fire exercises will follow .
    Also, the Latvian national exercise, Crystal Arrow, will be conducted simultaneously with Swift Response 25.  
  • Lithuania

    Lithuania

    In Lithuania, there will be a Field hospital exercise and medical operations. A U.S.-based blood support detachment will deploy to Europe, where they will be issued Army Prepositioned Stock and join the 512th Field Hospital in Lithuania. The exercise will demonstrate theater medical support operations while working under chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear conditions. The field hospital exercise will also include a simulated blood draw and resupply to forward positioned medical teams using drones.
    Paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade will conduct an airborne assault into Lithuania alongside NATO Allies from France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.
    The Lithuanian national exercise Iron Wolf will be linked with Swift Response 25 events with participants from the Netherlands, Lithuania and Germany.
  • Norway
    NorwayAs part of Swift Response 25, paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division will deploy from the U.S. and conduct
    a direct airborne jump into Norway in the first major event commencing DEFENDER 25. This event is one of five,
    near-simultaneous airborne operations that will be taking place in Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden.
     

    Also U.S. and Host Nation will conduct Live-fires in Norway.

  • Sweden

    Sweden

    NATO Allies will conduct an airborne jump into Gotland Island, setting the stage for U.S. Marines to conduct a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System Rapid Insertion (HIRAIN) training on the island.

  • United Kingdom

    United KingdomTroops moving from United Kingdom to Norway and Sweden.