Air Force and Massachusetts Air National Guard Tech Sgt. Paul Sim salutes F-15C Eagle pilot Lt. Col. Tom “Sling” Blanden as he taxis the aircraft for the final F-15 mission of Frisian Flag 2016, April 22, 2016. Both are members of the 131st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, which is deployed to Europe as part Operation Atlantic Resolve, and is currently participating in the Royal Netherlands Air Force Frisian Flag 2016 exercise, Leeuwarden Air Base, Netherlands.

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