Turkish soldiers assigned to the Multinational Battle Group-East Southern Command Post stand in formation alongside the incoming and outgoing Army battalions during SCP’s transition of authority ceremony, Feb. 29, 2016, at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo. The outgoing 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment, part of the Connecticut Army National Guard, completed a nine-month tour in support of NATO’s Kosovo Force peace support mission, and is replaced by Task Force Red Hawks, led by the Arizona National Guard’s 2-285th Attack Helicopter Battalion, out of Phoenix. ( Army photo by Sgt. Gina Russe

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Turkish soldiers assigned to the Multinational Battle Group-East Southern Command Post stand in formation alongside the incoming and outgoing Army battalions during SCP’s transition of authority ceremony, Feb. 29, 2016, at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo. The outgoing 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment, part of the Connecticut Army National Guard, completed a nine-month tour in support of NATO’s Kosovo Force peace support mission, and is replaced by Task Force Red Hawks, led by the Arizona National Guard’s 2-285th Attack Helicopter Battalion, out of Phoenix. ( Army photo by Sgt. Gina Russell, Multinational Battle Group-East) Arizona National Guard battalion takes to the skies in Kosovo 160229-A-UU866-014

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