Air Force Senior Airman Christian Mirande, crew chief with the 177th Fighter Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard, performs a strut servicing in conjunction with his basic post flight inspection on an F-16D Fighting Falcon at Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Bulgaria, on July 13, 2015. Mirande and approximately 150 airmen from the 177th FW are participating in Thracian Star, a bilateral training exercise to enhance interoperability with the Bulgarian air force and to bolster readiness to conduct combined air operations. ( Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Andrew J. Moseley/Released

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Air Force Senior Airman Christian Mirande, crew chief with the 177th Fighter Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard, performs a strut servicing in conjunction with his basic post flight inspection on an F-16D Fighting Falcon at Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Bulgaria, on July 13, 2015. Mirande and approximately 150 airmen from the 177th FW are participating in Thracian Star, a bilateral training exercise to enhance interoperability with the Bulgarian air force and to bolster readiness to conduct combined air operations. ( Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Andrew J. Moseley/Released) New Jersey Air National Guard trains with Bulgarian air force at Thracian Star 150713-Z-YH452-279

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