A maintainer from the 28th Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment Flight at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., greets a 34th Bomb Squadron aviator following a nearly 24-hour round-trip mission to the U.S. European Command area of responsibility May 11, 2020. Bomber Task Force operations are intended to demonstrate America’s commitment to the collective defense of the NATO alliance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Quentin K. Marx)