Air Force Tech. Sgt. Korbin Hays, a boom operator, refuels a Polish F-16, from a boom pod on the back of a KC-135 Stratotanker, with the 108th Air Refueling Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, over the Republic of Poland, Aug. 11, 2021. The Illinois National Guard and the Polish military have been partners under the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program since 1993, helping Poland emerge from the Warsaw Pact to become a member of NATO and one of the United States’ staunchest allies.

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