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A spokesman for the US embassy in Estonia confirmed to Postimees that several US paratroopers suffered minor injuries early Saturday while landing at Nurmse airport and were taken to hospital.
“This is a normal air operation,” added a spokesman for the US embassy.
“None of these injuries are life-threatening, and most of the soldiers who have experienced them have already returned to the lineup.” Treatment of the leg wounds of three soldiers continues, ”he said.
The active portion of exercise Swift Response began on May 5. During the exercise, the defense of Estonia is practiced in a possible crisis situation, training about 2.5 thousand. soldiers from Estonia, the United States and the United Kingdom. More than 20 airplanes and 25 helicopters participate in the exercise.
Approximately 600 U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers with military equipment and vehicles were landed during the Rapid Response exercise over Nurmse airport on Saturday night, according to a report by the Chief of Defense Staff. from Estonia. Most of them flew directly from the Fort Bragg Division base in North Carolina, USA.
The Swift Response exercise will end on May 14.
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