Airmen from Minot AFB, N.D., recently joined the US Navy and British and Canadian forces, and other NATO allies for Trident Fury—a training exercise held off the coast of Vancouver Island, Canada. In this exercise comprising more than 2,000 personnel, 50 aircraft, and an unknown number of ships, Minot’s B-52s dropped 18 Md-62 Quicksilver naval training mines into the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Air Force Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich assumed command of U.S. European Command on July 1, taking over the key assignment as the U.S. and its allies contend with a resurgent Russia and a grinding war in Ukraine.
