An F-16 Fighting Falcon with the 169th Fighter Wing, launches during exercise Sentry Savannah, May 10, 2022, at the Air Dominance Center in Savannah, Georgia. 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 Staff Sgt. Hanna Smith)

U.S. Air Force Security Forces assigned to the 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard receives a team award for their accomplishments during Saber Strike 18, 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)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Derr, Senior Airman William Orton, Airman 1st Class Abhishek Shrestha and Senior Airman Matthew Angelo, all assigned to the Colorado Air National Guard, received the Ambassador Award for assisting a local lady in an emergency when she fainted and needed emergency services during Saber Strike 18, in Telliskivi. 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)

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. James Grievous receives an award for outstanding performance from Maj. Jason Kneuer, temporary duty assignment detachment commander, both from the Colorado Air National Guard, during Saber Strike 18, 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)

U.S. Air Force RAT team assigned to the 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard receives the oustanding team award for their accomplishments during Saber Strike 18, 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)

Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 482nd Security Force Squadron, Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, participate in a shoot, move, and communicate training with sim-munitions on September 26, 2017. This annual training for security forces members helps keep the airmen proficient in many situation they may encounter stateside or overseas.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Jason Kneuer, temporary duty assigment detachment commander thanks Lt. Col. Marc Garceau, temporarty duty assignement project officer for Adriatic Strike for his efforts and accomplishments, while forward depolyed to Slovenia during Adriatic Strike 18, Estonia. Adriatic Strike was a Slovenian-led JTAC training attended by 22 NATO nations to conduct interoperability training and joint readiness capabilities among the NATO allies and partners. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Bobbie Reynolds)

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon jets from the 169th Fighter Wing, South Carolina Air National Guard, are parked on the flight line of the Air Dominance Center, a Combat Readiness Training Center, located in Savannah, Georgia on May 4, 2022 during a training exercise. Sentry Savannah is a total force integrated exercise that showcases the nation's combat aircraft readiness, tests the capabilities of our warfighters in a near-peer environment and trains our next generation of fighter pilots for tomorrow’s fight. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Hanna Smith)

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Daniel Worthen receives an award for outstanding performance from Maj. Jason Kneuer, temporary duty assignment detachment commander, both from the Colorado Air National Guard, during Saber Strike 18, 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)

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers with 414th Military Police Company, garrisoned in Joplin, Mo., train to conduct military operations in urban terrain as part of Warrior Exercise 2014 at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., July 20, 2014. The annual exercise strengthens the interoperability between the active, reserve and National Guard components while validating units as ready for deployment.

Under Secretary of the Air Force Matthew Donovan and the Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force General Stephen Wilson visited with Citizen Airmen who supported hurricane recovery efforts at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, September 20, 2017. More than 60 Air Force Reserve units are working side-by-side with federal, state, local, and international mission partners to ease suffering and assist in the nation's and international community's recovery from Hurricane Irma. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle Brasier)

U.S. Air Force Security Forces assigned to the 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard receives a team award for their accomplishments during Saber Strike 18, 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)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. John McLaughlin receives an award for outstanding performance from Maj. Jason Kneuer, temporary duty assignment detachment commander, both from the Colorado Air National Guard, during Saber Strike 18, 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)

An F-35B Lightning II from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., sits on the tarmac during Sentry Savannah 15-1. Sentry Savannah, a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise, is the Air National Guard's largest fighter integration, air-to-air, training exercise encompassing fourth and fifth generation aircraft. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Jerry Harlan/Released)

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Daniel Bateman receives an award for outstanding performance from Maj. Jason Kneuer, temporary duty assignment detachment commander, both from the Colorado Air National Guard, during Saber Strike 18, 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)

An F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 120th Fighter Squadron flies at 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)

Tech. Sgt. Leah Oakleaf, 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, reviews her technical order for configuration plans of the fuselage cargo palette locks at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., July 11, 2020. Rapid response from vendors to create quality replacement for parts such as cargo locks and outlets played a key role in resolving deficiencies that previously withheld the KC-46A Pegasus from operating as an aeromedical evacuation aircraft.

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A Reserve Citizen Airmen F-16C Viper pilot from the 482 Fighter Wing, Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, communicates with ground crew from 482nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron after returning home after being evacuated September 21, 2017. The aircraft of the fighter wing were evacuated to Texas in advance of Hurricane Irma’s landfall with Florida. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle Brasier)

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers with 414th Military Police Company, garrisoned in Joplin, Mo., train to conduct military operations in urban terrain as part of Warrior Exercise 2014 at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., July 20, 2014. The 14-day exercise consists of a mission rehearsal phase, where Soldiers train on individual warrior tasks, and concludes with a mission, where Soldiers conduct continuous operations in an adaptive environment.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Anthony Pham, a public affairs specialist with the 419th Fighter Wing, captures imagery during exercise Sentry Savannah May 6, 2022, on the Air Dominance Center flightline in Savannah, Georgia. Public affairs specialists during exercise Sentry Savannah are responsible for documenting and highlighting the unique mission and role of the Air Dominance Center in training our next generation of fighter pilots for tomorrow’s fight. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Hanna Smith)

The commander of the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), Air Force Gen. Darren McDew, speaks with Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) senior leaders during the 2016 SDDC Fall Forum. McDew focused on inspiring SDDC leadership to begin thinking âglobally, total force, and for the future.â (U.S. Army photo by John Orrell)

U.S. Air Force fourth and fifth generation fighter aircraft sit on the ramp May 1, 2022, at the Air Dominance Center, a Combat Readiness Training Center, in Savannah, Georgia. Sentry Savannah 2022 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 our 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 Staff Sgt. Hanna Smith)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Anthony Pham, a public affairs specialist with the 419th Fighter Wing, captures imagery during exercise Sentry Savannah May 6, 2022, on the Air Dominance Center flightline in Savannah, Georgia. Public affairs specialists during exercise Sentry Savannah are responsible for documenting and highlighting the unique mission and role of the Air Dominance Center in training our next generation of fighter pilots for tomorrow’s fight. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Hanna Smith)

This was the back cover of Lulac Magazine.

U.S. Air Force Communications team assigned to the 140th Wing, Colorado Air National Guard receives the oustanding team award for their accomplishments during Saber Strike 18, 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)

The commander of the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), Air Force Gen. Darren McDew, speaks with Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) senior leaders during the 2016 SDDC Fall Forum. McDew focused on inspiring SDDC leadership to begin thinking âglobally, total force, and for the future.â (U.S. Army photo by John Orrell)