Keeping our NATO allies strong: TACP specialists save Polish boy

U.S. Air Force Airmen are sworn to protect the lives of their own countrymen, and the lives of their fellow allies.

Two warfighters from the 4th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron were able to put those vows into practice when they saved the life of a Polish boy May 4.

Tech. Sgt. Luis Garcia and Staff Sgt. Iliya Tereschenko, Tactical Air Control Party specialists, deployed to Poland in April. The pair took a trip to the Poznan Avenida mall when they saw a lone boy collapse onto the floor and convulsing violently.

An Airman poses for a photo. — U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Luis Garcia, 4th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron Tactical Air Control Party noncommissioned officer in charge, poses for a photo in Poland in May 2022. Garcia, along with Staff Sgt. Iliya Tereschenko, 4th EASOS TACP member, saved the life of a Polish boy while at a mall during the Airmen's deployment to Poland in support of the U.S. Army. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

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