Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan Balko, an electrical and environmental craftsman assigned to the 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, left, holds up his American flag with a fellow unnamed airman in front of a B-1 bomber at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. Balko first received his flag while on his first deployment to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, and since then has taken it to every place he visits, tracking its presence in more than 20 locations.
