Capt. Kirby Sanford, 555th Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, and Bulgarian air force Maj. Ilia Doychinov, 1st Fighter Squadron commander, walk toward a line of MiG-29 and MiG-21 aircraft April 19, 2012, at Graf Ignatievo Air Force Base, Bulgaria. Sanford is deployed here from Aviano Air Base, Italy, with more than 500 personnel in support of exercise Thracian Star 2012. The month-long training will provide the two air forces the opportunity to gain better insight into both the tactics of the pilots and the capabilities of the different aircraft.
