Tech. Sgt. Brian Meledrez, a tactical air control party Airman from the 14th Air Support Operations Squadron, looks out a paratroop door of a Kentucky Air National Guard C-130J Super Hercules during exercise Air Defender 2023 in Saarbrucken, Germany, June 15, 2023. AD23 integrates both U.S. and allied air-power to defend shared values, while leveraging and strengthening vital partnerships to deter aggression around the world. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)