Every December Santa Claus visits the 173rd Fighter Wing, arriving in the back of an F-15 Eagle after a really long flight in from the North Pole, where an instructor pilot borrowed him for the afternoon from his elves and Mrs. Claus, Dec. 2, 2018. It’s all part of the Annual Children’s Christmas party that the base puts on for the families of its employees. (U.S. Air National Guard photo courtesy Tech. Sgt. Jefferson Thompson)