493rd Fighter Squadron in Portugal for Exercise Real Thaw Posted on March 2, 2016 by alert5 U.S. Air Force F-15C/Ds from the 493rd Fighter Squadron are deployed to Beja Air Base, Portugal to participate in Exercise Real Thaw. U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Dawn M. Weber Related posts (Automatically Generated): 493rd Fighter Squadron in Bulgaria for exercise 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron deployed for Icelandic air policing mission Squadron tests newest F-22s and live-firing of missiles 123rd FS heading to Finland for exercise 69th EBS is sole USAF unit at Exercise Pitch Black 12 B-52s deployed to Spain