PMA-265’s John Smith (center right) and Don Valentine (center left) – pictured with Maj. Gen. Rafael Gómez Blanco, Director of Engineering, Spanish Air Force Logistics Command (right), and a Spanish industry partner representative (left) – received the Spanish Air and Space Force’s Excellence in Sustainment Award for Foreign Collaboration in Maintenance in March. Smith and Valentine are the first Americans honored with this distinction in the award’s 17-year history. Photo courtesy of Spanish Air & Space Force Public Affairs.