California Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Moau Koau, a 194th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron weapons craftsman, affixes wings on an AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile on the flightline at Graf Ignatievo, Bulgaria, Sept. 8, 2016. Four of the squadron’s F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft will conduct joint NATO air policing missions with the Bulgarian air force to police the host nation’s sovereign airspace Sept. 9-16, 2016. The squadron forward deployed to Graf Ignatievo from Campia Turzii, Romania, where they serve on a theater security package deployment to Europe as a part of Operation


California Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Moau Koau, a 194th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron weapons craftsman, affixes wings on an AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile on the flightline at Graf Ignatievo, Bulgaria, Sept. 8, 2016. Four of the squadron’s F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft will conduct joint NATO air policing missions with the Bulgarian air force to police the host nation’s sovereign airspace Sept. 9-16, 2016. The squadron forward deployed to Graf Ignatievo from Campia Turzii, Romania, where they serve on a theater security package deployment to Europe as a part of Operation Atlantic Resolve. ( Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden)


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