Secretary of the Air Force International Affairs

Oct. 26, 2023
Ohio’s 123rd Air Control Squadron Trains with NATO Allies

Airmen assigned to the 178th Wing’s 123rd Air Control Squadron hosted a two-week combined training exercise with eight service members from NATO allies Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Hungary.
Oct. 18, 2023
Maryland Air Guard, Estonian Partners Focus on Cyber Defense

The Maryland Air National Guard partnered with Estonia’s Cyber Command Sept. 17-20 to host the cybersecurity exercise Baltic Blitz 23.
Sept. 22, 2023
Maryland Guard, Estonian Partners Focus on Cyber Defense

The Maryland Air National Guard partnered with Estonia’s Cyber Command Sept. 17-20 to host the cybersecurity exercise Baltic Blitz 23.
June 26, 2023
Maryland National Guard, Estonia Partner for Training at AD23

More than 100 Airmen from the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard, completed an agile combat employment movement in Estonia as a forward operating location of exercise Air Defender 2023.
Feb. 23, 2023
B-52 Stratofortresses to flyby part of Estonia Independence Day celebration events

Two B-52 aircraft assigned to 5th Bomb Wing from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota is scheduled to conduct a low approach flyby to help celebrate Estonia’s Independence Day February 24.
Oct. 18, 2022
U.S., Estonia Defense Leaders Pledge to Do More for Ukraine

Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur told Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III that Estonia is committed to do all it needs to support Ukraine and build up its own military.
June 10, 2022
U.S. F-35s scheduled to fly over Baltic nations

Two U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II aircraft assigned to Vermont Air National Guard’s 158th Fighter Squadron and two KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 92nd Air Refueling Wing currently operating out of Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, will conduct low approach flyovers over the Baltic Sea
April 12, 2022
Hokanson: State Partnership Program critical to national security

“We need to tell the story of the SPP,” Young said, “and continue to expand from those military-to-military engagements and include more military-to-civilian and civilian-to-civilian engagements. With this, the SPP will continue to be a two-way street where both partners win.”
Oct. 5, 2021
U.S., Estonia host European Partnership Flight Event

Service members from the U.S. military and six allied and partner nations came together for a European Partnership Flight event, the Baltic Radar and Sensor Visibility and Integration Workshop co-hosted by U.S. Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa and the Estonian Ministry of Defence in Tallinn,
April 12, 2021
Maryland National Guard, state partners renew SPP ties

The COVID-19 pandemic prevented the Maryland National Guard from working with its partners Estonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina for more than a year as travel restrictions and other precautions paused all in-person State Partnership Program events.