Exercise Astral Knight 2019 boasts multinational relations
Senior Leaders, Italian Air Force Maj. Gen. Silvano Frigerio, Combat Force Commander, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Steven Basham, U.S Air Forces Europe and Air Forces Africa deputy commander, Brig. Gen. Mato Mikic, Croatian Air Force commander, and Maj. Gen. Alenka Ermenc, Slovenia Air Force chief of the general staff, visited Aviano Air Base, Italy as part of Astral Knight 2019, June 4. The Senior Leaders visited Aviano as part of the first U.S. Air Forces in Europe-sponsored integrated air and missile defense exercise taking place at various locations in Italy, Croatia and Slovenia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ericka A. Dechane).