Baltic Air Mission
An F-15C Eagle from the 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron taxis before flying to its home station of Royal Air Force 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, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephen Linch)