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Lt. Col. Thomas Blake is a pilot serving with the 22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron at Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan. Blake, who recently completed his 100th combat sortie and fini flight, is deployed out of Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H., and is a native of Wakefield, N.H. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert Barnett)


64th pilot completes 100th combat sortie

Lt. Col. Thomas Blake is a pilot serving with the 22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron at Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan. Blake, who recently completed his 100th combat sortie and fini flight, is deployed out of Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H., and is a native of Wakefield, N.H. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Robert Barnett)

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Lt. Col. J. Scot Heathman (right) assumes command of the 64th Air Refueling Squadron and receives the unit's guidon from Col. Thomas J. Riney, 22nd Operations Group Commander, Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H., February 28, 2013. (National Guard photo by Walter Santos/Released)
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