DEFENDER-Europe 21: Swift Response in Romania Photo By Spc. Jabari Clyburn | BOBOC AIR BASE, Romania Maj. Gen. Joe Jarrard, Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army.. read moreread more Photo By Spc. Jabari Clyburn | BOBOC AIR BASE, Romania Maj. Gen. Joe Jarrard, Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Europe and Africa, stands with Maj. Gen. Iulian Berdila, Romania Chief of Land Forces, during Swift Response 21 here May 10. The 82nd Airborne Division partnered with three of its NATO allies and partners to complete the last iteration of a near simultaneous joint forcible entry operation. The operation demonstrates NATO’s extensive military capabilities that serve to prevent conflict and preserve peace.
By NANCY MONTGOMERY | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 11, 2021 VICENZA, Italy A skydiving accident that killed an Italian-Argentine instructor on Sunday and severely injured a U.S. paratrooper is being investigated by three different authorities, according to media reports and the 173rd Airborne Brigade. Carabinieri overseen by a Vicenza prosecutor have begun one probe and seized the helmet-mounted video camera worn by Skydive Thiene instructor Emiliano Basile, who died in the accident, L’Eco Vicentino newspaper reported. An autopsy on the 38-year-old’s remains will be conducted in the next few days, it said. The two parachutes involved in the accident and backpacks containing the two men’s emergency parachutes were also seized.
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The U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division is executing several operations across Europe, throughout the first half of the month, during Swift Response 21. This multinational exercise includes various operations performed in host countries Estonia, Bulgaria and Romania, until May 14, 2021.
Swift Response is part of Defender-Europe 21, an annual large-scale military event, led by the U.S. Immediate Response Force, which develops interoperability between the U.S., NATO allies and European partners. This year, Defender-Europe will engage over 28,000 forces from 26 countries, which will be performing simultaneous operations in multiple training areas.
These special operations include air assaults and live fire exercises, designed to show airborne interoperability. Also, Joint Forcible Entries, which are airborne strategic jumps, are set to take place at nighttime in Estonia and Bulgaria.
This story has been updated. VICENZA, Italy An Italian instructor was killed and an experienced 173rd Airborne Brigade paratrooper was seriously injured after their parachutes became entangled in a skydiving accident near Vicenza, Army officials and news reports said. The accident around noon Sunday at Thiene Airport killed Emiliano Basile, 38, originally of Argentina and a resident of Schio, near Vicenza, Italian media reported. The soldier was being treated at San Bortolo hospital in Vicenza, brigade spokesman Maj. Chris Bradley said. “He has serious injuries, but we are very hopeful,” Bradley said Sunday. “We’re praying for his safety. He’s a tough guy.”