U.S. Air Force Captain Ryan McGuire, C-17 Globemaster III pilot with the 535th Airlift Squadron, performs preflight before a training flight, Sep 12, 2017 on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. McGuire is a below the knee amputee.(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Perry Aston)

U.S. Air Force Captain Ryan McGuire, C-17 Globemaster III pilot with the 535th Airlift Squadron, performs preflight before a training flight, Sep 12, 2017 on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Most people have no idea he is an amputee until they see him in civilian clothes off duty.(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Perry Aston)

An A-10 Thunderbolt II from Osan AB, South Korea, returns from a "Cope Tiger 2010" training mission March 5, 2010, at Udon Thani Royal Thai AFB, Thailand. "Cope Tiger" is an annual, multilateral aerial large force exercise conducted in Thailand that includes humanitarian and civic assistance programs. This year's exercise takes place primarily at Udon Thani and Korat Royal Thai AFB's. unedited-Not part of my personal collection

A-10 Thunderbolt II, assigned to the107th Fighter Squadron, Selfridge, Mich., strafes a target at Tapa Range, Estonia, in support of Trojan Footprint 18, Jun 3, 2018. Trojan Footprint 18 is a U.S. Special Operations Command Europe-led exercise over land, sea and air that rapidly deployed 2,000 NATO and partner nation Special Operations Forces from 13 nations to the Baltic region. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Bobbie Reynolds)

U.S. Air Force Captain Ryan McGuire, C-17 Globemaster III pilot with the 535th Airlift Squadron, adjusts his prosthetic before a training flight, Sep 12, 2017 on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. McGuire brought his prosthetist into a C-17 simulator, to make sure his prosthetic can properly push the rudder pedals. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Perry Aston)

A U.S. Air Force maintainer with the 169th Fighter Wing, performs a preflight inspection on an F-16 Fighting Falcon during exercise Sentry Savannah May 6, 2022, on the flightline at the Air Dominance Center in Savannah Georgia. Exercises like Sentry Savannah held at the Air Dominance Center not only train and test the counter air capabilities of the next generation of fighter pilots, but they also provide critical experience and training to 10 different units of maintenance Airmen in the rapid employment and recovery of aircraft. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Hanna Smith)

FORT BENNING, December 11, 2015 – Brigadier General Tom Carden, commander of the Georgia Army National Guard visits Georgia Guardsmen Private Alexis Enamoradoullom, Private Felix Jackson and Pfc. Anthony Dickson who are currently in week six of their Basic Combat Training at Fort Benning. Georgia Army National Guard photo by Capt. William Carraway / released

U.S. Air Force Captain Ryan McGuire, C-17 Globemaster III pilot with the 535th Airlift Squadron, performs preflight before a training flight, Sep 12, 2017 on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. McGuire is a below the knee amputee.(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Perry Aston)

U.S. Air Force Capt. Christy Wise, an HC-130 pilot, discuses the training mission they returned from with a rescue officer, at Davis- Montana AFB (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Perry Aston)

U.S. Air Force Capt. Christy Wise, an HC-130 pilot, prepares for the post mission brief after returning from a training flight, at Davis- Montana AFB (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Perry Aston) (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Perry Aston)

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U.S. Air Force Maj. Jason Kneuer, temporary duty assignment detachment commander assigned to the 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard gives Lt. Col. Ular Lohmus, commander of Amari Air Base, Estonia a token of thanks for the Estonian's amazing hospitality, while hosting Saber Strike 18, June 3-15, Estonia. Saber Strike 18 was the eighth iteration of the long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise that was designed to enhance interoperability among allies and regional partners, while training with NATO's enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) battlegroups. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt Bobbie Reynolds)

A U.S. Air Force pilot assigned to the 157th Fighter Squadron, South Carolina Air National Guard, prepares for take off in an F-16 Fighting Falcon during exercise Sentry Savannah 22-1 at the Air Dominance Center in Savannah, Georgia, May 11, 2022. Sentry Savannah is the Air National Guard’s premier counter air exercise, encompassing 10 units of fourth- and fifth- generation fighter aircraft, which tests the capabilities of warfighters in a simulated near-peer environment and trains the next generation of fighter pilots for tomorrow’s fight. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Morgan R. Whitehouse)

Colorado and national civil search and rescue teams from around the country prepare to board a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter assigned to Charlie Company, 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, Wyoming National Guard, in order to help Coloradoans that have been effected by the flood waters from the Big Thompson River just west of Fort Collins Colo. Sept. 17, 2013. What is being dubbed “Operation Centennial Raging Waters” is likely the biggest rotary-wing airlift mission since Hurricane Katrina and has become a complete neighbors helping neighbors effort with state national guards from Colorado and Wyoming, Active duty units from Colorado as well as search and rescue units from all over the country. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Wolfram M. Stumpf/RELEASED)

U.S. Army PVT Ben Stocker (left) and Staff Sgt. Guy Morgan, both CH-47 Chinook helicopter Crew Chiefs with the 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation Battalion, Colorado National Guard, guide a members of the Larimer County Search and Rescue team as they load several All-Terrain Vehicles that will be used to deliver food and water to Coloradoans that have been cut off from towns due to the raging flood waters, at Christman Field, Fort Collins Colo. Sept. 17, 2013. What is being dubbed “Operation Centennial Raging Waters” is likely the biggest rotary-wing airlift mission since Hurricane Katrina and has become a complete neighbors helping neighbors effort with state national guards from Colorado and Wyoming, Active duty units from Colorado as well as search and rescue units from all over the country. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Wolfram M. Stumpf/RELEASED)

A U.S. Air Force pilot assigned to the 157th Fighter Squadron, South Carolina Air National Guard, prepares for take off in an F-16 Fighting Falcon during exercise Sentry Savannah 22-1 at the Air Dominance Center in Savannah, Georgia, May 11, 2022. Sentry Savannah is the Air National Guard’s premier counter air exercise, encompassing 10 units of fourth- and fifth- generation fighter aircraft, which tests the capabilities of warfighters in a simulated near-peer environment and trains the next generation of fighter pilots for tomorrow’s fight. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Morgan R. Whitehouse)

A-10 Thunderbolt II, assigned to the107th Fighter Squadron, Selfridge, Mich., strafes a target at Tapa Range, Estonia, in support of Trojan Footprint 18, Jun 3, 2018. Trojan Footprint 18 is a U.S. Special Operations Command Europe-led exercise over land, sea and air that rapidly deployed 2,000 NATO and partner nation Special Operations Forces from 13 nations to the Baltic region. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Bobbie Reynolds)

Colorado and national civil search and rescue teams from around the country prepare to board a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter assigned to Charlie Company, 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, Wyoming National Guard, in order to help Coloradoans that have been effected by the flood waters from the Big Thompson River just west of Fort Collins Colo. Sept. 17, 2013. What is being dubbed “Operation Centennial Raging Waters” is likely the biggest rotary-wing airlift mission since Hurricane Katrina and has become a complete neighbors helping neighbors effort with state national guards from Colorado and Wyoming, Active duty units from Colorado as well as search and rescue units from all over the country. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Wolfram M. Stumpf/RELEASED)

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Wolfram Stumpf, public affairs supervisor assigned to the 140th Wing, Colorado AIr National Guard video tapes Staff Sgt. Erik Brumfield, joint terminal attack controllers assigned to 122nd Air Support Operations Squadron, Louisiana Air National Guard while calling in pertinent information to an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot from the 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard, before calling in an air strike at Tapa Range, Estonia, during the Saber Strike 18 exercise, June 6, 2018. Saber Strike 18 is the eighth iteration of the long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise designed to enhance interoperability among allies and regional partners, while focusing on improving land and air operational capabilities and train with NATO's enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) battlegroups. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Bobbie Reynolds)

F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 120th Fighter Squadron, Colorado Air National Guard refuels with a KC-135, Stratotanker assigned to the 107th Fighter Squadron, Selfridge, Mich., Michigan Air National Guard, while training through different air to air combat exercise scenerios above the Baltic Sea during Saber Strike 18 June 18, 2018. Saber Strike is the eighth iteration of the long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise designed to enhance interoperability among allies and regional partners. This year's exercise will take place June 3-15, focusing on improving land and air operational capabilities with an additional key objective to train with NATO's enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) battlegroups. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt Bobbie Reynolds)

U.S. Army PVT Ben Stocker, CH-47 Chinook helicopter Crew Chiefs with the 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation Battalion, Colorado National Guard, looks out over the Colorado front range west of Fort Collins Colo. as they fly towards an area effected by the flood waters after delivering food and water to Colorado residents that have been effected by the floods but are allowed to stay with their homes, Sept. 17, 2013. What is being dubbed “Operation Centennial Raging Waters” is likely the biggest rotary-wing airlift mission since Hurricane Katrina and has become a complete neighbors helping neighbors effort with state national guards from Colorado and Wyoming, Active duty units from Colorado as well as search and rescue units from all over the country. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Wolfram M. Stumpf/RELEASED)

U.S Air Force Tech. Sgt. Cinde Yoho, munitions controller and Staff. Sgt. Allna Decker, munitions accountability, both assigned to the 140th Wing Maintenance Group, Colorado Air National Guard, fix MK-82 500 pound bomb components, in support of the live ammunition drop during the Saber Strike 18, Amari Air Base, Estonia, June 4, 2018. Saber Strike 18 is the eighth iteration of the long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise designed to enhance interoperability among allies and regional partners, focusing on improving land and air operational capabilities while training with NATO's enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) battlegroups. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Bobbie Reynolds)

Neighbors helping neighbors has become a way of operating this week in Colorado as Search and Rescue units from around the country board a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter assigned to Charlie Company, 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, Wyoming National Guard, as a CH-47 from the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade of the 4th infantry Division flies nearby, as well as a UH-72 Lakota helicopter with the 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation Battalion, Colorado National Guard heads towards the flooded areas in Larimer County Colorado, at Christman Field, Fort Collins Colo. Sept. 17, 2013. What is being dubbed “Operation Centennial Raging Waters” is likely the biggest rotary-wing airlift mission since Hurricane Katrina. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Wolfram M. Stumpf/RELEASED)

The 155th Air Refueling Wing exercised an Alert Aircraft Repositioning Plan with the 55th Wing, Offutt AFB, May 14, 2022, at the Lincoln Air Force Base, Neb. The plan was to practice a total force movement to show the integrated partnership of our airpower’s essential role in national defense and global security. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Alexander D. Schriner)

U.S. Army PVT Ben Stocker, CH-47 Chinook helicopter Crew Chiefs with the 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation Battalion, Colorado National Guard, looks out over Horsetooth Reservoir west of Fort Collins Colo. as they fly towards an area effected by the flood waters to deliver food and water to Colorado residents that have been effected by the floods but are allowed to stay with their homes, Sept. 17, 2013. What is being dubbed “Operation Centennial Raging Waters” is likely the biggest rotary-wing airlift mission since Hurricane Katrina and has become a complete neighbors helping neighbors effort with state national guards from Colorado and Wyoming, Active duty units from Colorado as well as search and rescue units from all over the country. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Wolfram M. Stumpf/RELEASED)

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Wolfram Stumpf, public affairs assigned to the 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard records the A-10 Thunderbolt II, assigned to 107th Fighter Squadron, Selfridge, Mich., practice landing on a un-operational, austere runway in Haapsalu, Estonia, during Saber Strike 18 June 7, 2018. This event tests and demonstrates USAF capability to perform unimproved surface operations invaluable to pilots and combat controllers in preparation for effective responses, while training with NATO's enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) battlegroups. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Bobbie Reynolds)

Colorado and national civil search and rescue teams from around the country prepare to receive a delivery of food and water to hand out to Colorado residents that have been cut off to the surrounding areas due to the flood waters in Larimer County west of Fort Collins Colo. Sept. 17, 2013. What is being dubbed “Operation Centennial Raging Waters” is likely the biggest rotary-wing airlift mission since Hurricane Katrina and has become a complete neighbors helping neighbors effort with state national guards from Colorado and Wyoming, Active duty units from Colorado as well as search and rescue units from all over the country. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Wolfram M. Stumpf/RELEASED)

With much needed clear skies in the forecast, Colorado and national civil search and rescue teams from around the country watch as a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter with the 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation Battalion, Colorado National Guard, takes off from Christman Field, Fort Collins Colo. Sept. 17, 2013. What is being dubbed “Operation Centennial Raging Waters” is likely the biggest rotary-wing airlift mission since Hurricane Katrina and has become a complete neighbors helping neighbors effort with state national guards from Colorado and Wyoming, Active duty units from Colorado as well as search and rescue units from all over the country. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Wolfram M. Stumpf/RELEASED)

A U.S Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter assigned to Charlie Company, 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, Wyoming National Guard, returns to Christman Field west of Fort Collins Colo. Sept. 17, 2013. What is being dubbed “Operation Centennial Raging Waters” is likely the biggest rotary-wing airlift mission since Hurricane Katrina and has become a complete neighbors helping neighbors effort with state national guards from Colorado and Wyoming, Active duty units from Colorado as well as search and rescue units from all over the country. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Wolfram M. Stumpf/RELEASED)

U.S. Air National Guard member Tech. Sgt. Kye Dudley from the 146th Maintenance Squadron inspects the landing gear of a C-130J aircraft at Gowen Field, Idaho, April 20, 2017. Sgt. Dudley and a maintenance crew from the 146th Airlift Wing will be providing maintenance service on two C-130J aircraft equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) from the Channel Islands Air National Guard Station during the week-long multi-agency wildfire training with the U.S. Forest Service, CAL FIRE, and multiple Air National Guard and U.S. Air Force Reserve wings. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Nieko Carzis)

A U.S Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter assigned to Charlie Company, 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, Wyoming National Guard, returns to Christman Field west of Fort Collins Colo. Sept. 17, 2013. What is being dubbed “Operation Centennial Raging Waters” is likely the biggest rotary-wing airlift mission since Hurricane Katrina and has become a complete neighbors helping neighbors effort with state national guards from Colorado and Wyoming, Active duty units from Colorado as well as search and rescue units from all over the country. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Wolfram M. Stumpf/RELEASED)

U.S. Army PVT Ben Stocker, CH-47 Chinook helicopter Crew Chiefs with the 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation Battalion, Colorado National Guard, looks out over the Colorado front range west of Fort Collins Colo. as they fly towards an area effected by the flood waters to deliver food and water to Colorado residents that have been effected by the floods but are allowed to stay with their homes, Sept. 17, 2013. What is being dubbed “Operation Centennial Raging Waters” is likely the biggest rotary-wing airlift mission since Hurricane Katrina and has become a complete neighbors helping neighbors effort with state national guards from Colorado and Wyoming, Active duty units from Colorado as well as search and rescue units from all over the country. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Wolfram M. Stumpf/RELEASED)

American and Finnish joint terminal attack controllers build targeting data from the Tapa range tower, while distinguished visitors are able to watch F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 120th Fighter Squadron, Colorado Air National Guard and A-10 Thunderbolt II, assigned to 107th Fighter Squadron, Selfridge, Mich., demonstrate air strikes at Tapa Range, Estonia, in support of Trojan Footprint 18, Jun 3, 2018. Trojan Footprint 18 is a U.S. Special Operations Command Europe-led exercise over land, sea and air that rapidly deployed 2,000 NATO and partner nation Special Operations Forces from 13 nations to the Baltic region. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Bobbie Reynolds)

F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 120th Fighter Squadron, Colorado Air National Guard, fly over for a show of force after dropping live bombs at Adazi Range, Latvia, during the Saber Strike 18 exercise, June 15, 2018 . Saber Strike 18 is the eighth iteration of the long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise designed to enhance interoperability among allies and regional partners, while focusing on improving land and air operational capabilities and train with NATO's enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) battlegroups. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt Bobbie Reynolds)

A Colorado resident that has been cut off to the surrounding areas due to the flood waters in Larimer County west of Fort Collins Colo. prays as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter with the 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation Battalion, Colorado National Guard evacuates him and his family, Sept. 17, 2013. What is being dubbed “Operation Centennial Raging Waters” is likely the biggest rotary-wing airlift mission since Hurricane Katrina and has become a complete neighbors helping neighbors effort with state national guards from Colorado and Wyoming, Active duty units from Colorado as well as search and rescue units from all over the country. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Wolfram M. Stumpf/RELEASED)

U.S. Air Force Maj. Kurt Nishiguchi, from the 624th Air Staging Support Squadron out of Joint Base Pearl Harbor - Hickam, Hawaii, extracts a Thai man?s tooth during Cope Tiger 2010 at the Bau Nong Sroung School in Thailand March 4, 2010. Cope Tiger is an annual multilateral aerial large forces exercise conducted in the Asia-Pacific region that includes humanitarian and civic assistance programs. (DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Cohen A. Young, U.S. Air Force/Released)

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Dusty Smith, joint terminal attack controllers assigned to 122nd Air Support Operations Squadron, Louisiana Air National Guard builds targeting data to relay to an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot from the 120th Fighter Squadron, Colorado Air National Guard, for an air strike at Tapa Range, Estonia, during the Saber Strike 18 exercise, June 6, 2018. Saber Strike 18 is the eighth iteration of the long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise designed to enhance interoperability among allies and regional partners, while focusing on improving land and air operational capabilities and train with NATO's enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) battlegroups. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt Bobbie Reynolds)

U.S Air Force Airmen from the 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard and British Lynx Wildcat AH1 battlefield reconnaissance helicopter crews take some fun group shots together in front of each others Aircraft during Saber Strike 18, Estonia. Saber Strike is the eighth iteration of the long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise designed to enhance interoperability among allies and regional partners. This year's exercise will take place June 3-15, focusing on improving land and air operational capabilities with an additional key objective to train with NATO's enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) battlegroups. (U.S. Air National Guard courtesy photo by Lt. Col. Marc Garceau)

FORT BENNING, December 11, 2015 – Soldiers and Georgia Army National Guardsmen in week six of Basic Combat Training at Fort Benning, Ga. learn the fundamentals of aiming the 81 mm mortar system. Georgia Army National Guard photo by Capt. William Carraway / released

F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 120th Fighter Squadron, Colorado Air National Guard refuels with a KC-135, Stratotanker assigned to the 107th Fighter Squadron, Selfridge, Mich., while training through different air to air combat exercise scenerios above the Baltic Sea during Saber Strike 18 June 18, 2018. Saber Strike is the eighth iteration of the long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise designed to enhance interoperability among allies and regional partners. This year's exercise will take place June 3-15, focusing on improving land and air operational capabilities with an additional key objective to train with NATO's enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) battlegroups. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt Bobbie Reynolds)

An F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 120th Fighter Squadron flies above Amari Air Base, Estonia during Saber Strike 18, June 12, 2018. Saber Strike 18 is the eighth iteration of the long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise designed to enhance interoperability among allies and regional partners. This year's exercise will take place June 3-15, focusing on improving land and air operational capabilities with an additional key objective to train with NATO's enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) battlegroups. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Bobbie Reynolds)

U.S Air Force Staff. Sgt. Allna Decker, munitions accountability and Tech. Sgt. Cinde Yoho, munitions controller, both assigned to the 140th Wing Maintenance Group, Colorado Air National Guard, gather tools to build an MK-82 500 pound bomb, in support of the live ammunition drop during the Saber Strike 18, Amari Air Base, Estonia, June 4, 2018. Saber Strike 18 is the eighth iteration of the long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise designed to enhance interoperability among allies and regional partners, focusing on improving land and air operational capabilities while training with NATO's enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) battlegroups. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Bobbie Reynolds)

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Ryan Rogers, joint terminal attack controller assigned to 122nd Air Support Operations Squadron, Louisiana Air National Guard arrives at the Tapa Range tower as part of the JTAC team responsible for guiding and directing F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot from the 120th Fighter Squadron, Colorado Air National Guard, into an air strike at Tapa Range, Estonia, during the Saber Strike 18 exercise, June 6, 2018. Saber Strike 18 is the eighth iteration of the long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise designed to enhance interoperability among allies and regional partners, while focusing on improving land and air operational capabilities and train with NATO's enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) battlegroups. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt Bobbie Reynolds)

A collection of the top shots captured by public affairs Airmen assigned to the 6th Air Refueling Wing

U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II, assigned to 107th Fighter Squadron, Selfridge, Mich., practice landing on a unoperational, austere runway in Haapsalu, Estonia, during Saber Strike 18 June 7, 2018. This event tests and demonstrates USAF capability to perform unimproved surface operations invaluable to pilots and combat controllers in preperation for effective responses, while training with NATO's enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) battlegroups. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt Bobbie Reynolds)

U.S Air Force Airmen from the 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard and British Lynx Wildcat AH1 battlefield reconnaissance helicopter crews take some fun group shots together in front of each others Aircraft during Saber Strike 18, Estonia. Saber Strike is the eighth iteration of the long-standing U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative training exercise designed to enhance interoperability among allies and regional partners. This year's exercise will take place June 3-15, focusing on improving land and air operational capabilities with an additional key objective to train with NATO's enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) battlegroups. (U.S. Air National Guard courtesy photo by Lt. Col. Marc Garceau)