Check out these photos of the US military drills in Europe that have Russia spooked
One part of the exercises included an assault on a mock town in Lithuania on June 11...
... in which A-10s provided the close air support seen below.
Warthogs took part in multiple aspects of Saber Strike.
Such as air strikes over the Tapa Range in Estonia.
They also practiced rough or "austere" landings in Estonia.
Read more about those austere landings here.
One specially painted A-10 that flew over Normandy on D-Day also took part in the exercises.
Read more about that specially painted A-10 here.
US and Lithuanian troops also jumped out of C-130s.
Troops from several countries practiced using M3 Amphibious Rig Bridges to get armored vehicles across rivers.
The Bemowo Piskie training ground in Poland saw many live fire missions too.
An exercise called Puma 2 was held on the last day of Saber Strike at Bemowo Piskie, in which Polish army Rak 120mm Self-Propelled Mortar Systems were fired.
As well as Strykers and Apache helicopters.
And small arms and light artillery.
The annual exercise "is part of NATO’s goals to demonstrate the Alliance’s interoperability and help each participating country maintain the readiness of its forces," according to DVIDS photo captions.
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