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Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael T. Moseley shakes hands with 49th FW Commander Colonel Jeff Harrigian upon his arrival at base operations on Holloman AFB on June 6th. The ceremony was the official welcome for Holloman's first two F-22's, and also announced the Air Force Reserve's 301st FS from Luke AFB, will form a classic associate unit with the 7th and 8th FS. [USAF photo by A1C. John Strong]
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Bulgarian Defense Minister Nikolay Tsonev (left) stands with Lt. Col. Jose Monteagudo, 482nd FW, before an incentive flight in USAF F-16D block 30 #86-0053 on June 11th, 2008, at Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Bulgaria. Colonel Monteagudo and 10 F-16s from the 93rd FS at Homestead ARB are at Graf Ignatievo AB to particpate in a joint drill with 15 Bulgarian MiG-21 and MiG-29 fighters. Minister Tsenov visited the base to see how the joint drill was progressing. [Photo by Darik Plovdiv]
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Lt. Col. Jose Monteagudo, 482nd FW, prepares to take Bulgarian Defense Minister Nikolay Tsonev (backseat) on an incentive flight in USAF F-16D block 30 #86-0053 on June 11th, 2008, at Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Bulgaria. Colonel Monteagudo and 10 F-16s from the 93rd FS at Homestead ARB are at Graf Ignatievo AB to particpate in a joint drill with 15 Bulgarian MiG-21 and MiG-29 fighters. Minister Tsenov visited the base to see how the joint drill was progressing. [Photo by Darik Plovdiv]
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Bulgarian Defense Minister Nikolay Tsonev (backseat) talks with Bulgarian Gen. Rumen Radev, before an incentive flight in USAF F-16D block 30 #86-0053 on June 11th, 2008, at Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Bulgaria. American aircrews and 10 F-16s from the 93rd FS at Homestead ARB are at Graf Ignatievo AB to particpate in a joint drill with 15 Bulgarian MiG-21 and MiG-29 fighters. Minister Tsenov visited the base to see how the joint drill was progressing. General Radev is the Graf Ignatievo AB commander. [Photo by Darik Plovdiv]
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TSgt. Jake Hermanson, 332nd EAMXS crew chief, unhooks and rolls up a grounding cable attached to an F-16C block 30 #85-1486 from the 175th FS before towing the jet to its appropriate hardened aircraft shelter during a transition between fighter squadrons on June 13th, 2008 at Balad AB. Aircraft and personnel from the Iowa and Wisconsin ANG will return to the U.S., after being in Iraq for four months; F-16s and Airmen from the South Dakota and New York ANG have arrived here to take their places. [USAF photo by SrA. Julianne Showalter]
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Nicolay Tsonev (left), the Bulgarian Minister of Defense, presents a plaque to Lt. Col. Jose Monteagudo (right), 93rd FS commander, after an Orientation Flight in F-16D block 30 #86-0053 on June 11th, 2008. Approximately 200 reservists and 10 F-16 fighter jets from Homestead ARB are currently on a two-week deployment to Bulgaria to train with the Bulgarian AF. [USAF photo by TSgt. Bucky Parrish]
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Col. Thomas Berghoff, 53d TMG commander, arrives back to the hangar at Eglin AFB on June 4th, 2008 after reaching 3,000 flight hours in F-16C block 50 #98-0005. He was greeted by friends, family and squadron commanders to celebrate the milestone. Less than 150 Air Force pilots have reached the 3,000 hour mark in an F-16. [USAF photo by SSgt. Samuel King Jr.]
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Col. Thomas Berghoff, 53d TMG commander, is congratulated by Capt. Aaron Drenth, 28th TES on June 4th, 2008 after reaching 3,000 flight hours in an F-16 Fighting Falcon. He was greeted on the Eglin flightline by friends, family and squadron commanders to celebrate the milestone. Less than 150 Air Force pilots have reached the 3,000 hour mark in an F-16. [USAF photo by SSgt. Samuel King Jr.]
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Maj. Paul Carlton straps himself into an F-2 Typhoon on June 16th at RAF Coningsby. Major Carlton is an F-16 pilot on an exchange program. [RAF photo by Flt. Lt. D Eklund]
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USAF Maj. Max Moga, center, and his team pose for a group picture with Brandon Leach, the 'Pilot for the Day', in front of an F-22 during the 2008 Joint Service Open House at Andrews AFB on May 16th, 2008. 'Pilot for the Day' is a community outreach program. [USAF photo by SrA. Renae Kleckner]
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Maj. Gen. Burt Field was awarded the Col. Joseph A. Moller Trophy naming him the best wing commander in ACC for 2008 on July 3rd, 2008. General Field commanded the 332nd AEW from July 4th, 2007 to July 4th, 2008. [USAF photo]
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A1C. Joshua Stevenson, 332nd EAMXS weapons specialist, and A1C. Thomas Sigler, 332nd EAMXS crew chief, salute Brig. Gen. Brian Bishop, 332nd AEW commander, as he approaches USAF F-16C block 50 #94-0049 (marked 9 AF) from the 55th FS for his first flight as commander at Joint Base Balad on July 7th, 2008. [USAF photo by SrA. Julianne Showalter]
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Pilots of the RTAF's 103 sqn are posing in front of their specially painted aircraft to celebrate the 20th anniversary of F-16 operations in 2008. [RTAF photo]
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USAF F-16Cs block 30 #85-1548 and #85-1566 from the 138th FS are on display in front of a HAS at Joint Base Balad as airmen of the 174th FW (Tiger AMU) pose for a group photo during their AEF rotation on July 21st, 2008. This is the last F-16C AEF deployment for the wing as they enter conversion to the MQ-9 Reaper this fall. [USAF photo]
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At Joint Base Balad on July 14th, 2008, 174th FW members Lt. Col. Scott Brenton (F-16 pilot) and MSgt. Scott Simpson display a New York State flag that was flown over Iraq during a combat mission. The flag will be presented to Congressman Jim Walsh by 174th FW commander Col. Kevin W. Bradley upon the unit's return to Hancock Field within the next few weeks. [USAF photo]
