Airmen with the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, prepared and airdropped surprise bundles—sodas, cookies, beef jerky, CDs, DVDs, socks, T-shirts, and more—on the 4th of July for soldiers at some of the most remote forward operating bases throughout Afghanistan. Arranging and packing these gift bundles was a joint effort of senior Army leaders in Combined Joint Task Force-76 and the Air Force C-130 crews. In total, the 774th EAS airdropped 14 container delivery system bundles weighing 1,500 pounds each to seven locations. (Read more here.)
The U.S. and Sweden signed a bilateral Defense Cooperation Agreement on Dec. 5 that will strengthen military ties between them and likely lead to U.S. troops and prepositioned gear on Swedish soil. Swedish Defense minister Pal Jonson said the war in Ukraine prompted Sweden's joining NATO and he laid out…