493rd EFS completes Baltic air police mission
LITHUANIA AIR FORCE AIR BASE, Lithuania – An F-15C Eagle from the 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron taxis before flying to its home station of RAF Lakenheath, England, upon finishing a rotation of NATO’s Baltic air policing mission. The 493rd EFS assumed command of the mission from the Polish Sept. 1, 2010 and relinquished it to the German air force Jan. 5. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephen Linch)