U.S. Department of Defense Current Photos
120426-F-YG874-002
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Alexander Wieczorek, right, a tactical aircraft maintainer with the 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, explains the F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft landing gear system to Bulgarian Air Force Warrant Officer Nayden Gosbodinov, a senior technician, at Graf Ignatievo Air Base in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, April 26, 2012, during exercise Thracian Star 2012. The integration of aircraft maintenance between U.S. and Bulgarian airmen was just one part of the exercise. Thracian Star is a bilateral air combat training exercise between the U.S. and Bulgaria designed to increase interoperability and train the participating forces in the areas of tactical interception and combat air defense. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Joseph Alonso/Released)
120426-F-YG874-002
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Alexander Wieczorek, right, a tactical aircraft maintainer with the 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, explains the F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft landing gear system to Bulgarian Air Force Warrant Officer Nayden Gosbodinov, a senior technician, at Graf Ignatievo Air Base in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, April 26, 2012, during exercise Thracian Star 2012. The integration of aircraft maintenance between U.S. and Bulgarian airmen was just one part of the exercise. Thracian Star is a bilateral air combat training exercise between the U.S. and Bulgaria designed to increase interoperability and train the participating forces in the areas of tactical interception and combat air defense. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Joseph Alonso/Released)