Command group members from the 125th Fighter Wing (FW), Florida Air National Guard wave to the crowd at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Fla., Feb. 7, 2010, following Super Bowl XLIV. Pilots from the Jacksonville-based unit performed a flyover during pregame activities. Lt. Col. Michael Birkeland, commander of Detachment 1, 125th FW, said this marks the first time an Air National Guard unit has performed a flyover at a Super Bowl game. Shown from left are: 125th FW Commander Col. Bob Branyon; 125th FW Maintenance Squadron Commander Maj. Brian Bell; 125th Fighter Squadron Commander Lt. Col. Mike Rous


Command group members from the 125th Fighter Wing (FW), Florida Air National Guard wave to the crowd at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Fla., Feb. 7, 2010, following Super Bowl XLIV. Pilots from the Jacksonville-based unit performed a flyover during pregame activities. Lt. Col. Michael Birkeland, commander of Detachment 1, 125th FW, said this marks the first time an Air National Guard unit has performed a flyover at a Super Bowl game. Shown from left are: 125th FW Commander Col. Bob Branyon; 125th FW Maintenance Squadron Commander Maj. Brian Bell; 125th Fighter Squadron Commander Lt. Col. Mike Rouse; 125th FW Detachment 1 Commander Lt. Col. Mike Birkeland; 125th FW Operations Group Commander Col. Bill Bair; 125th FW Chief of Standards and Evaluation Lt. Col. John Black; Maj. Major Gregory Krane, from 101st Air Operations Group; and 125th FW Public Affairs Officer Lt. Col. Richard Bittner. Tech. Sgt. Shelley Gill


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