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F-15Cs in the first joint NATO air policing mission in Bulgaria

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A Massachusetts Air National Guard F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft prepares to land on the flightline at Graf Ignatievo, Bulgaria, Sept. 8, 2016. Four of the 194th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron’s F-15Cs will conduct joint NATO air policing missions with the Bulgarian air force to police the host nation’s sovereign airspace Sept. 9-16, 2016. The squadron forward deployed to Graf Ignatievo from Campia Turzii, Romania, where they serve on a theater security package deployment to Europe as a part of Operation Atlantic Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden)
A Massachusetts Air National Guard F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft prepares to land on the flightline at Graf Ignatievo, Bulgaria, Sept. 8, 2016. Four of the 194th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron’s F-15Cs will conduct joint NATO air policing missions with the Bulgarian air force to police the host nation’s sovereign airspace Sept. 9-16, 2016. The squadron forward deployed to Graf Ignatievo from Campia Turzii, Romania, where they serve on a theater security package deployment to Europe as a part of Operation Atlantic Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden)

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KC-135 crew earned Hoyt Award for saving crippled A-10 over hostile territory

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A KC-135 tanker crew with the Illinois National Guard’s 126th Refueling Wing was honored with the Hoyt Award in August for their role in helping shepherd a crippled A-10 over hostile territory to a safe landing in northern Iraq this April.

126th Air Refueling Wing - KC-135 - 2011
By United States Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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