International relations
NASOSNAYA AIR BASE, Azerbaijan – Gen. Tom Hobbins, U.S. Air Forces in Europe commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Gary Coleman, USAFE command chief, are greeted by Lt. Col. Elmer Huseyov, Azerbaijani Air Force, during their May 19 visit to Nasosnaya Air Base, Azerbaijan. The purpose of the visit was to open relations with Azerbaijani leadership and to check the progress of a runway surveyed by the 16th Air Force team a month earlier. The group exchanged ideas to modernize the runway to place it in NATO standards for potential future use by the United States.