Looking almost inside this 35FS 'Pantons' viper drivers pit at Kunsan, South Korea [USAF photo]

USAF F-16C block 40, #89099 of the 35FS, 'Pantons', at Kunsan, South Korea [USAF photo]

USAF block 40 viper, #89099, of the 35FS wandering high over the South Korean coastline [USAF photo]

An F-16 pilot from the 35 Fighter Squadron, Kunsan Air Base Korea, flies an air-to-air combat mission in support of Exercise Keen Sword 03 [Photo by Sgt Jeremy T L]

Four Misawa vipers in their natural habitat, air-defence hunting [USAF photo]

Four-ship air patrol over Lake Toya in southwest Hokkaido. It's a collapsed volcano with a cinder cone in the center. Sometimes referred to as NASCAR lake. [USAF photo]

USAF F-16C block 50 #92901 is the flagship of the Misawa based 35 FW [USAF photo]

PACAF viper #92901 flaring on the Misawa runway [USAF photo]

Nose art "Spirit of 9-11" is displayed on an F-16 from 35 FW of Misawa AFB during exercise 'Cope North 2002' held at Andersen AFB (Guam) on April 19th, 2002. [USAF photo by Airman 1st Class Joshua P. Strang]