A Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon maintainter from the 480th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron performs pre-flight preparations for NATO enhanced air policing operations at the 86th Air Base, Romania, April 9, 2022. For 60 years, NATO air policing has been an enduring peacetime collective defensive mission that safeguards the integrity of NATO members’ airspace. ( Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Maeson L. Elleman)

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Keywords: -16, 2022, air, eastern, nato, policing, support, warhawks