Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Calahan, 169th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, signals Maj. Bryan Zumbro, 157th Fighter Squadron pilot, to taxi his F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet to depart McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, to support an Air and Space Expeditionary Force deployment to Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, April 12, 2021. The 169th Fighter Wing will support Central Command (CENTCOM) by preserving operational depth, staging joint forces and projecting overwhelming combat power in the region. This is the wing’s largest deployment since the summe

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Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Calahan, 169th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, signals Maj. Bryan Zumbro, 157th Fighter Squadron pilot, to taxi his F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet to depart McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, to support an Air and Space Expeditionary Force deployment to Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, April 12, 2021. The 169th Fighter Wing will support Central Command (CENTCOM) by preserving operational depth, staging joint forces and projecting overwhelming combat power in the region. This is the wing’s largest deployment since the summer of 2018 when they supported an Air Expeditionary Force rotation to Kuwait.

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