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    104th Fighter Wing Celebrates Flight Surgeon's Fifteen Years of Service with Fini Flight [Image 15 of 20]

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    A military technician or pilot performs a pre-flight or maintenance inspection on an F-15 Eagle fighter jet inside a large aircraft hangar. The aircraft's canopy is open and the technician is accessing the cockpit area while standing on the aircraft's boarding steps. Several engine containers on wheeled carts are visible in the background of the hangar.

    WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES

    07.14.2026

    Photo by Melanie Casineau 

    104th Fighter Wing

    U.S.Air Force Lt. Colonel Mark Bigda, 131st Fighter Squadron Flight Surgeon, starts to climb a ladder on the F-15, 104th Fighter Wing, Westfield, Mass. July 14, 2026. Bigda joined the service at 48 years old as a doctor with the 131st Fighter Squadron and has only flown in the F-15 Eagle.(U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Melanie J. Casineau)

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    Date Taken: 07.14.2026
    Date Posted: 07.16.2026 14:12
    Photo ID: 9812659
    VIRIN: 260714-Z-UG828-1044
    Resolution: 1500x1200
    Size: 507.88 KB
    Location: WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, US
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    A group of families and military personnel stand on a taxiway watching a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft taxi on the runway. The aircraft bears 'AK' tail markings indicating it belongs to an Alaska Air National Guard unit, with a polar bear emblem visible on the tail. The scene appears to be a homecoming or deployment sendoff event at a military airfield.
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    A male aviator in an olive-green flight suit poses beside a military jet aircraft inside or at the entrance of a hangar. He is standing on the boarding ladder of what appears to be a modern gray fighter or attack aircraft, with one foot raised on a rung. The aircraft displays unit patches in the wheel well area and bears the tail number 6144.
    A military technician or pilot performs a pre-flight or maintenance inspection on an F-15 Eagle fighter jet inside a large aircraft hangar. The aircraft's canopy is open and the technician is accessing the cockpit area while standing on the aircraft's boarding steps. Several engine containers on wheeled carts are visible in the background of the hangar.
    A smiling military pilot, identified as Col. Joel Pauls with the callsign 'JP', is seated in the cockpit of a gray military jet aircraft inside a hangar. The aircraft's canopy is open and the pilot is wearing a dark flight suit with a squadron patch. The name placard on the fuselage clearly identifies the assigned pilot.
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