Air Force Special Operators Teamed Up With Norwegian Soldiers to Prepare for Winter Warfare

• US Air Force spe­cial oper­a­tors trav­eled to Norway’s high north this month to train in the harsh con­di­tions of the Arctic with Norwegian allies.
• It was part of a larger exer­cise that includ­ed live fire, infil­tra­tion and exfil­tra­tion, and cold-weath­er train­ing using Air Force air­craft.
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BANAK AIR STATION, Norway — Service mem­bers from the Norwegian Armed Forces and US Air Force 352^d Special Operations Wing, par­tic­i­pat­ed in a week-long exer­cise December 9 – 13, 2019, at Banak Air Station, Norway.

The train­ing was part of a larger exer­cise that encom­passed live ammu­ni­tion fire, infil­tra­tion and exfil­tra­tion, and cold-weath­er train­ing uti­liz­ing with the 352^nd SOW’s CV-22B Osprey and MC-130J Commando II.

“This exer­cise is designed as a 352^nd SOW Winter Warfare train­er, to test all aspects of the 352^nd SOW mis­sion, from the air­side to the main­te­nance side, as well as exer­cis­ing all logis­ti­cal func­tions that we expect to use in future oper­a­tions,” said US Air Force Lt. Col. Jonathan Niebes, 352^nd SOW mis­sion com­man­der for the exer­cise.

Source: Business Insider (Military & Defense)