USAFE Airmen support NASA's last launch
(l-r) U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Bradley Tiefel, 86th Medical Squadron critical care nurse and Maj. Kevin Hettinger, 435th Contingency Response Group physician, perform ops checks on their medical equipment prior to the space shuttle launch, July 8, 2011, Zaragoza Air Base, Spain. As space shuttle Atlantis makes it's final launch into orbit, personnel from DoD, NASA, and the Spanish Air Force work together to prepare for a possible emergency landing at the Transoceanic Abort Landing Site, Zaragoza Air Base, Spain. This particular TAL is one of three primary landing sites within U.S. Air Forces Europe, and this is the 135th mission the U.S. military has supported. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Chenzira Mallory)