# @af_academy on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BTFdpDphnuu
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/8953327-af-academy-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2017-04-19T23:27:57.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** U.S. Air Force Academy (@af_academy) — https://gondola.cc/af_academy

## Caption

The Patrouille de France, France’s aerobatic jet team, flew over the Academy today and held interviews with media at Peterson Air Force Base. They are on a U.S. tour commemorating the U.S. entering WWI. Commandant Nicholas Lieumont, a pilot of the Patrouille de France, was an exchange student at the Academy in 2004. “When I joined the French air force years ago, I went to the United States on a foreign exchange program to the U.S. Air Force Academy,” Lieumont said. “Since then, I have continuously worked with Americans in different operations in many countries all over the world. I fought side by side with Americans and I am really proud to be here to thank them.”
#USAFA #wwicentennial

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