A three-ship of Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt IIs assigned to the 355th Wing, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz, await fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 50th Air Refueling Squadron, MacDill AFB, Fla. during Exercise Mobility Guardian 21, May 24, 2021. Conducted biennially, Mobility Guardian is the Air Force’s only formal, Total Force, service-level mechanism for assessing and validating capabilities in Rapid Global Mobility missions specified and implied within the 2018 National Defense Strategy.

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