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Steadfast Jaguar, the first-ever combined force exercise to test the new NATO Response Force, was completed on 28 June on Cape Verde, São Vicente, and Fogo islands off the western coast of Africa. US air components included F-16s from the 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem AB, Germany, and C-130s from the 86th Airlift Wing at Ramstein AB, Germany. The large-scale exercise concluded with an amphibious and land-assault demonstration. More than 7,000 NATO service members from land, maritime, and air components participated.
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