Maintainers send off a pilot in F-16C block 30 #86-0268 from the 80th FS after his safety checks during a Peninsula-wide Operational Readiness Exercise (PENORE) on November 7th, 2007. The PENORE is used to train Air Force members and ensure they are ready to perform their war time mission, should the need arise. [USAF photo by SrA. Steven R. Doty]