About Griffin Shock

 
 
 
Griffin Shock is an exercise designed to prepare V Corps and NATO Multinational Corps Northeast with the rapid expansion of NATO Multinational Battlegroup Poland in support of NATO deterrence initiatives such as bolstering readiness, responsiveness, and reinforcement. 

 

Griffin Shock is a combined NATO and U.S. Army short notice exercise that will demonstrate the U.S. Army’s ability to enhance the NATO alliance by rapidly reinforcing the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battlegroup in Poland to a brigade size Land Forces Brigade.

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Maryland Air National Guard prepares for A-10 divestment
175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard
March 26, 2025 | 2:12
Airmen assigned to the 175th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron perform pre-divestment procedures on an A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft before it departs Warfield Air National Guard Base at Martin State Airport for Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, March 26, 2025, at Warfield Air National Guard Base at Martin State Airport, Maryland. The Maryland Air National Guard started the divestment of it's A-10C Thunderbolt II fleet, March 26, 2025, and is expected to be complete by September 2025. The Maryland A-10s will transit to the boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, where hundreds of retired aircraft are stored for final maintenance procedures and display preparation by the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group.
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