Icelandic Air Policing Mission

Senior Airman Jonathan Ard (left to right), Staff Sgt. Ronald Townsend and Airman 1st Class Billy Reams load an AIM-9X missile on an F-15C Eagle Sept. 23, 2010, at Keflavik, Iceland. The Airmen are deployed from the 748th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, in support of NATO's Icelandic Air Policing Mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephen Linch)

Photo essay: Airmen contribute to NATO's Iceland mission

Published Sept. 29, 2010
By Senior Airman Stephen Linch
48th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

KEFLAVIK, Iceland (AFNS) -- Weapons load crew Airmen assigned to the 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron work on final touches to a munitions load of an AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air missile in support of NATO's Icelandic Air Policing mission here Sept. 23. Approximately 200 Airmen were deployed from all over the globe to comprise the 493rd EFS.

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Icelandic Air Policing Mission

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