U.S. Airmen with the 182nd Airlift Wing (AW), Illinois National Guard, return from participating in exercise Air Defender 2023 (AD23) in Germany and deplane a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft at Peoria, Illinois, July 1, 2023. Exercise AD23 integrated 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 video by Staff Sgt. Paul Helmig) More