Retired Paraguayan Gen. Óscar Luís González Cañete, Paraguay’s Minister of Defense, presents the Aeronautical Medal “Honor to Merit” to U.S. Air Force Maj. Leonardo Gutierrez, the Massachusetts National Guard’s Paraguay bilateral affairs officer and State Partnership Program director, during a ceremony at Silvio Pettirossi Air Force Base near Asunción, Paraguay, Jan. 16, 2026. The award recognizes outstanding service rendered to the Paraguayan Air Force. This year, Massachusetts and Paraguay celebrated 26 years of partnership through the U.S. Department of War’s State Partnership Program, strengthening the long-standing, mutually beneficial security relationship. (Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Julia Ahaesy)
| Date Taken: | 01.16.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 01.22.2026 08:56 |
| Photo ID: | 9487519 |
| VIRIN: | 260120-Z-TS442-1014 |
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| Location: | ASUNCION, PY |
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