Air Force and Massachusetts Air National Guard Senior Airmen Benjamin Devoie hands flight equipment to Maj. Brett “Dutch” Vanderpas, an F-15C Eagle pilot, as he makes pre-flight preparations, April 20, 2016. Both are members of the 131st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, which is deployed to Europe as part Operation Atlantic Resolve, and is currently participating in the Royal Netherlands Air Force Frisian Flag 2016 exercise, Leeuwarden Air Base, Netherlands.

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