USEUCOM, Azerbaijan officials engage to discuss partnership, regional security
12:57 PM3/17/2023
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Edward Vaughan, the U.S. European Command strategy, plans and capabilities deputy director, fourth from left, meets with members of the Azerbaijan Ministry of Defense during a visit to Baku, Azerbaijan, March 14-16, 2023. During the visit, Vaughan also engaged with government officials from Azerbaijan's ministry of emergency situations and state border service. The leaders' discussions included the strong U.S.-Azerbaijan security partnership and mutual commitment to regional security. (Courtesy photo)
USEUCOM, Azerbaijan officials engage to discuss partnership, regional security
12:57 PM3/17/2023
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Edward Vaughan, the U.S. European Command strategy, plans and capabilities deputy director, center, meets with Azerbaijan Commander of the State Border Service Maritime Brigade Lt. Gen. Muzzafar Pirizada, left, and Deputy Chief of State Border Service Lt. Gen. Afghan Naghiyev during a visit to Baku, Azerbaijan, March 14-16, 2023. Vaughan engaged with government officials from Azerbaijan's ministry of defense, ministry of emergency situations and state border service. The leaders' discussions included the strong U.S.-Azerbaijan security partnership and mutual commitment to regional security. (Courtesy photo)
At U.S. European Command’s Chiefs of Mission conference March 16-17 in Stuttgart, Germany, USEUCOM Deputy Commander, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Steven Basham; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Amb. Dereck Hogan; U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Amb. Bridget Brink; and U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Africa Deputy Commander, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John Lamontagne, spoke to attendees on the future of European security resulting from Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. (US Army photo by SSG Daniel Ward)
U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Amb. Bridget Brink, and commander of U.S. Special Operations Command Europe, U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Steven Edwards, engage in conversation at U.S. European Command’s Chiefs of Mission conference in Stuttgart, Germany, March 16-17. (US Army photo by SSG Daniel Ward)
USEUCOM Commander, U.S. Army General Christopher Cavoli and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Amb. Dereck Hogan, provide opening remarks at U.S. European Command’s Chiefs of Mission conference in Stuttgart, Germany, March 16-17. (US Army photo by SSG Daniel Ward)
Group photo of attendees of the annual Chiefs of Mission Conference March 16-17 at the U.S. European Command Rogers Center, Stuttgart, Germany. USEUCOM hosts the annual meeting to gather senior leaders from the command’s headquarters, component commands, Department of State and more than 50 U.S. ambassadors and charge d’ affaires from across Europe to discuss whole-of-government support to America’s Allies and partners in the face of increasing threats and challenges across the region. (Courtesy photo by Freddy Wheeler)
US Air Force MQ-9 camera footage: Russian Su-27 Black Sea intercept
10:00 AM3/16/2023
Two Russian Su-27 aircraft conducted an unsafe and unprofessional intercept with a U.S. Air Force intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance unmanned MQ-9 aircraft operating within international airspace over the Black Sea on March 14, 2023. Russian Su-27s dumped fuel upon and struck the propeller of the MQ-9, causing U.S. forces to have to bring the MQ-9 down in international waters. (U.S. Air Force video)
(Editor's Note: This declassified video has been edited for length, however, the events are depicted in sequential order.)
MEDIA ADVISORY: Camera footage release from U.S. Air Force MQ-9 interaction with Russian SU-27 in Black Sea
9:57 AM3/16/2023
U.S. European Command released declassified footage of a Russian Su-27 aircraft conducting an unsafe/unprofessional intercept of a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 in international airspace over the Black Sea, March 14, 2023.
Russian aircraft collides into US unmanned system in international waters
8:27 AM3/15/2023
An MQ-9 Reaper flies a training mission over the Nevada Test and Training Range, July 15, 2019. MQ-9 aircrew provide dominant, persistent attack and reconnaissance for comabtant commanders and coalition partners across the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class William Rio Rosado)
Russian aircraft collides into US unmanned system in international waters
8:26 AM3/15/2023
Two Russian Su-27 aircraft conducted an unsafe and unprofessional intercept with a U.S. Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance unmanned MQ-9 aircraft that was operating within international airspace over the Black Sea, March 14, 2023.
Russian aircraft collides into US unmanned system in international waters
4:28 PM3/14/2023
Two Russian Su-27 aircraft conducted an unsafe and unprofessional intercept with a U.S. Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance unmanned MQ-9 aircraft that was operating within international airspace over the Black Sea, March 14, 2023.
USEUCOM, Norwegian military leaders host staff talks, strengthen mutual readiness in Arctic
11:50 AM3/8/2023
USEUCOM’s deputy director for security cooperation, policy, partnering and space capabilities, U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Edward Vaughan, and Norwegian Defence Staff's deputy chief of staff for operations, Rear Adm. Solveig Krey, led bilateral staff talks on March 3 in Stuttgart, Germany to discuss long-term security cooperation in the Arctic and High North.
U.S. EUCOM, Finland and Sweden sign final report of Enhanced Cooperation Study
8:03 AM3/3/2023
U.S. European Command Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. Steven Basham hosted Swedish Chief of Joint Operations Lt. Gen. Carl-Johan Edström and Finnish Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategy Maj. Gen. Janne Jaakkola in Stuttgart, Germany, Mar. 1 to endorse the final results of a trilateral enhanced cooperation study.
U.S. EUCOM, Finland and Sweden sign final report of Enhanced Cooperation Study
8:03 AM3/3/2023
U.S. European Command Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. Steven Basham hosted Swedish Chief of Joint Operations Lt. Gen. Carl-Johan Edström and Finnish Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategy Maj. Gen. Janne Jaakkola in Stuttgart, Germany, Mar. 1 to endorse the final results of a trilateral enhanced cooperation study.
U.S. EUCOM, Finland and Sweden sign final report of Enhanced Cooperation Study
8:03 AM3/3/2023
U.S. European Command Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. Steven Basham hosted Swedish Chief of Joint Operations Lt. Gen. Carl-Johan Edström and Finnish Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategy Maj. Gen. Janne Jaakkola in Stuttgart, Germany, Mar. 1 to endorse the final results of a trilateral enhanced cooperation study.