 Freezing winds 23, towing F-A-18 Hornets in the snow. Tompere Percala, Air Base, Finland. US Marines with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224, tow an F-A-18D Hornet into a hangar in preparation for exercise freezing winds 23, at Tompere Percala Air Base, Finland, November 18, 2023. Freezing winds 23 is a Finnish-led maritime exercise, in which United States Marines assigned to Marine Rotational Force Europe, and US Navy forces Europe takes part. The exercise serves as a venue to increase Finnish Navy readiness and increase US, Finland, and NATO partners and allies interoperability and operational logistics, integrated fires, and amphibious operations in and around Baltic Sea literals.