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104th Fighter Wing Reaches Out to Refugee Students

A 10-year-old Hadi Al Nassar, cheers as he wears a 104th Fighter Wing flight suit and aviator helmet as the honoree pilot of the day, June 26, 2017. Tom Bladen, 104th Fighter Wing operations group commander, visits refugee students at Highland Elementary School in Westfield, Massachusetts. The visit served as a means to help the children understand why they hear the loud screeching F15 jets flying overhead when playing outside and to help them understand the 104th Fighter Wing flies to protect. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Julie Avey)
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104th Fighter Wing Reaches Out to Refugee Students

Col. Tom Bladen, 104th Fighter Wing operations group commander, visits refugee students at Highland Elementary School in Westfield, Massachusetts, June 26, 2017. The visit served as a means to help the children understand why they hear the loud screeching F15 jets flying overhead when playing outside and to help them understand the 104th Fighter Wing flies to protect. Bladen explains how the flight suit prevents the pilots from passing out while flying as he speaks to the students after helping the honoree pilot of the day dawn a 104th Fighter Wing flight suit. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Julie Avey)
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104th Fighter Wing Reaches Out to Refugee Students

Col. Tom Bladen, 104th Fighter Wing operations group commander, visits refugee students at Highland Elementary School in Westfield, Massachusetts, June 26, 2017. The students received a 104th Fighter Wing patch and raised the patch up high while taking a photo with Col. Bladen after hearing about the 104th Fighter Wing mission to protect and serve. The visit served as a means to help the children understand why they hear the loud screeching F15 jets flying overhead when playing outside and to help them understand the 104th Fighter Wing flies to protect. Bladen speaks to the students about the F-15 Eagle and explains to the refugee students on how the pilots practice a lot just as soccer players practice. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Julie Avey)
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Barnestormer Airmen Deliver Munitions for the Mission

Tech. Sgt. Lucas Hagopian, Weapons Load Crew Chief from the 104th Fighter Wing, arms an F-15 Eagle with an Aim 9X missile during the unit's evaluation at the U.S. Air Force's Weapons Systems Evaluation Program (WSEP). As a part of the WSEP exercise, the aircraft are loaded and shoot live missiles. The purpose of WSEP to gauge operational effectiveness, to verify weapons system performance, determine reliability, and evaluate capability. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Julie Avey)
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Air Force Selects Westfield’s 104th Fighter Wing to Get the F-35A

The Air Force has selected the Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 104th Fighter Wing based in Westfield as the preferred location to host the service’s next F-35A Lightning II squadron. The F-35A is the Air Force’s latest and most-capable fifth-generation fighter. The F-35A guarantees the long-term viability of the 104th and continuation of its vital air dominance mission for many years to come.
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