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Col. Robert Polumbo, 482nd FW vice commander, is greeted by fire and emergency services personnel upon surpassing 4,000 F-16 flight hours. While many fighter pilots have completed 4,000 flying hours, only a handful of fighter pilots around the world have surpassed 4,000 in one airframe. [USAF photo by Tim Norton]
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Capt. Travis 'Bandit' Keenan, a 22nd EFS fighter pilot, dons his helmet in preparation for a combat mission on November 21st, 2007. Captain Keenan is deployed from Spangdahlem AB. [USAF photo by SSgt. Joshua Garcia]
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A1C. Leo Oliphant, a 22nd AMU crew chief, holds Capt. Travis 'Bandit' Keenan, a 22nd EFS fighter pilot flying in F-16C block 50 #91-0339 until chalks are removed prior to takeoff on November 21st, 2007. [USAF photo by SSgt. Joshua Garcia]
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Capt. Travis 'Bandit' Keenan, a 22nd EFS fighter pilot, preps the cockpit of an F-16 before launching on a combat mission on November 21st, 2007. Any discrepancies on the aircraft could halt a mission; preflight checks ensure any issues are addressed prior to takeoff. [USAF photo by SSgt. Joshua Garcia]
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A1C. Matt Reay, a 22nd AMU crew chief, halts Capt. James 'Rider' McCroan, a 22nd EFS fighter pilot, piloting F-16C block 50 #91-0406 after completing a combat mission on November 21st, 2007. [USAF photo by SSgt. Joshua Garcia]
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USAF 36th FS and 36th AMU personnel sit dressed in Mission-Oriented Protective Posture 4 (MOPP-4) gear inside a HAS alongside F-16C block 40 #89-2133 as they wait for the general release call from an alarm black condition during Exercise BEVERLY BULLDOG 04-03, being conducted at Osan AB on July 20th, 2004. [USAF photo by SSgt. Corey Clements]
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Capt. Benjamin 'Custer' Staats, a 22nd EFS fighter pilot, takes 'Flat Mads', a paper replica of Army Col. Ken Walter's 8-year-old daughter Madeline, along on mission over Iraq. Colonel Walter keeps in touch with his daughter and her classmates in Pennsylvania about his experiences in Iraq. [USAF photo]
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Capt. Young-Kwon Ko, a KF-16 pilot assigned to the 157th TFS at Seosan AB, preflights his KF-16 aircraft prior to a buddy wing sortie with pilots from the 36th FS during the buddy wing program from December 11th to 13th. The purpose of the buddy wing program is to exchange ideas, introduce tactics and improve interoperability between the U.S. and ROKAF. [USAF photo by SMSgt. Marvin Krause]
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Here's USAF F-16A block 15 #80-0607 on a fine September day in 1982 at Hahn AB. Crew Chief Sgt. Plil Wing (left) and Assistant Crew Chief A1C. Pat Finley (right). [Photo by Marty McGuire]
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Capt. Kerri Fulgham, a 4th EFS alert pilot, inspects the cockpit of an F-16 during a pre-flight inspection at Balad AB on October 31st, 2007. As an alert pilot, Captain Fulgham is required to be airborne in 15 minutes if she's called to duty. [USAF photo by SrA. Terri Barriere]
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Capt. Zach Manning, a 4th EFS F-16 pilot, inspects a guided bomb unit during his pre-flight inspection at Balad AB on October 31st, 2007. [USAF photo by SrA. Terri Barriere]
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Capt. Zach Manning, a 4th EFS alert pilot, inspects his F-16 at Balad AB on October 31st, 2007. Alert pilots inspect their aircraft after missions instead of before to save pilots time when they're called to duty. [USAF photo by SrA. Terri Barriere]
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Capt. Young-Kwon Ko, a KF-16 pilot assigned to the 157th TFS from Seosan AB, gives a "thumbs-up" approval of his Buddy Wing sortie with pilots from the 36th FS during the Buddy Wing program on December 11th to 13th. [USAF photo by SMSgt. Marvin Krause]
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Class 07-GBG from the 63rd FS graduates pose in front of F-16C block 42 #90-0712 from the same squadron on October 12th, 2007. [USAF photo]
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Airmen from the 8th FW and Sailors from Carrier Air Wing FIVE (CVW-5) poise for a group photo at the conclusion of the two units training together at the Navy base in Japan on December 19th, 2007. Forty Airmen from Kunsan went to Atsugi for combat air training. [USAF photo]
