Better Together: Falcon Defender 26
Senior Airman Ashlyn Rayl, 134th Security Forces Squadron, talks with a Bulgarian force protection Airman before the capstone for Falcon Defender 26, Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, June 12, 2026. Falcon Defender is an exercise integrating both the Tennessee Air National Guard and Bulgarian force protection Airmen to help strengthen bonds and build upon relationships brought about by the state partnership between the Tennessee National Guard and the Republic of Bulgaria since 1993. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Cassandra Johnson)