'Makos' support ground forces - Ali Base, Iraq -- After spending here because of a weather diversion, Lt. Col. Jose Monteagudo gets into the cockpit of his F-16 Fighting Falcon on October 18th. The colonel flies with the 332nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Balad Air Base, Iraq. He is deployed from the 482nd Fighter Wing at Homestead ARB, Fla. The fighters provide air support to Operation Iraqi Freedom coalition ground forces. [USAF photo by TSgt. Paul Dean]