Icelandic Air Policing: mission complete

Warning: armed aircraft

Airmen with the 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron arm an F-15C Eagle with AIM-9X and AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile munitions in support of NATO's Icelandic Air Policing Mission on Sept. 23.The 493rd EFS performed the IAP mission from Sept. 6 to 24. The squadron was comprised of

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Gen. Roger A. Brady, U.S. Air Forces in Europe commander, visited the Airmen of the 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron Sept. 22 to get an inside view of NATO's Icelandic Air Policing mission. The visit allowed the 42-year Air Force veteran to learn about what approximately 200 Airmen, who are

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