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Lt. Col. Miles DeMayo, 55th FS commander, gives the squadron 'shooters' hand sign as he taxis in F-16C block 50 #92-3920 after returning from exercise Green Flag on July 25th, 2008. Green Flag is a two week exercise held at Nellis AFB where pilots practice close air support tactics and techniques. [USAF photo by TSgt. Josef Cole III]
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Russ 'Spicoli' Piggot and the crew chief of the Viper West Demo Team are saluting at San Isidro AFB, Dominican Republic. [Photo by An F-16C from the Viper West Demo Team is spotted at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. [Photo by Juan Carlos Porcella]
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Me and the crew chief from the Michigan ANG at San Isidro AFB, Dominican Republic during a display of the Viper West Demo Team. [Photo by Juan Carlos Porcella]
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Steve Carter, Greg Whitmer, myself and Raul 'Kuda' Rosario from the Texas ANG are photographed at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. [Photo by Juan Carlos Porcella]
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Members of the 148th FW pose with F-16A ADF #81-0807 during a ceremony to dedicate the aircraft to the Minnesota ANG Museum in St. Paul on May 16th, 2008. The Airmen took part in helping restore and transport the aircraft from Duluth to St. Paul. [MN National Guard photo]
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Three student pilots from the United Arab Emirates practice emergency egress procedures on August 1st, 2008 as part of their F-16 flight training with the Arizona ANG's 162nd FW in Tucson. [USAF photo by MSgt. Dave Neve]
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Richard McKenzie (center), a Korean War veteran, sits in the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon as part of the Never Too Late program on August 1st, 2008, while Maj. Scott Mclaren (right), 445th Flight Test Squadron weapons and standard evaluation flight commander, and Carolyn Swain, Mr McKenzie's friend, look on. The Never Too Late program is designed to assist elder citizens in making their dreams come true. [USAF photo]
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Capt. Matt Spears, 309th FS F-16 pilot, and Lt. Col. Fabrice Grandclaudon, French air force squadron commander, stand in front of two French Rafale aircraft preparing for their media interviews at Luke AFB on July 29th, 2008. [Photo courtesy of Pete Pallagi, Daily Sun-News]
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First Lt. Adam Jantas (left), a Polish Air Force student pilot, goes over his morning sortie with F-16 instructor pilot Maj. Julian Pacheco on the 162nd FW flightline. [USAF photo by MSgt. Dave Neve]
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SSgt. Justin Sisson guides F-16C block 30 #85-1398 from the 175th FS, piloted by Lt. Col. Michael 'Oscar' Meyers, into a hangar at Balad AB to receive fuel on August 25th, 2008. Sisson is an aircraft maintenance technician with the 332nd EAMXS. Meyers is a pilot with the 332nd EFS. [USAF photo by TSgt. Erik Gudmundson]
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SSgts. Michael Jackson and Anthony Bagen align a 500-pound GBU-54 Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition before connecting it to an F-16C at Balad AB on August 14th, 2008. Two F-16 pilots with the 77th EFS executed the first-ever combat employment of a GBU-54 on August 12th against a moving enemy vehicle in Diyala province to support a combined Iraqi army and USMC operation. Sgt. Bagen is a weapons load crew chief, Sgt. Jackson is a weapons load crewmember. [USAF photo by TSgt. Erik Gudmundson]
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SSgts. Michael Jackson and Anthony Bagen load a GBU-54 Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition onto an F-16C at Balad AB on August 14th, 2008. Two F-16 pilots with the 77th EFS executed the first-ever combat employment of a GBU-54 on August 12th against a moving enemy vehicle in Diyala province to support a combined Iraqi army and U.S. Marine operation. Sergeant Bagen is a weapons load crew chief, Sergeant Jackson is a weapons load crewmember. [USAF photo by TSgt. Erik Gudmundson]
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SrA. Jorge Schweitzer, an F-16 crew chief with the 35th FS and Capt. Jesse Protor, an F-16 pilot for 80th FS 'Juvats', show some 'Juvat' pride after landing in F-16C block 40 #90-0736 on August 20th, 2008 at Kunsan AB. [USAF photo by SrA. Angela Ruiz]
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1st Lt. Justin Dumais, an F-16 student pilot assigned to the 310th FS, stands in front of an F-16 at Luke AFB. Lt. Dumais competed in the 2004 Olympics as a syncronized diver with his brother Troy in Athens, Greece. Lt. Dumais now serves in the USAF while his brother Troy continues to dive and competed in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. [USAF photo by TSgt. Jeffrey Wolfe]
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Lt. Gen. Edward Rice, Jr., commander of US Forces Japan and 5th AF, hands the wing guidon to Col. David Stilwell, 35th FW commander, during the wing change of command ceremony on August 25th, 2008. Colonel Stilwell served as the 57th Adversary Tactics Group commander, Nellis AFB, before being assigned to Misawa AB. [USAF photo by SrA. Chad Strohmeyer]
