US Air Force - PACAF F-16s • f-16 photography

USAF F-16C block 30 #86-0305 painted with an arctic paint scheme sits outside a hardened shelter after a completing a training mission at Kunsan AB on December 7th, 2007. The new paint scheme will be used during training missions to resemble an aggressor aircraft when the jet is transferred to Eielson AFB. [USAF photo by TSgt. Quinton T. Burris]

USAF F-16C block 30 #86-0305 painted with an arctic paint scheme sits outside a hardened shelter at Kunsan AB after a training mission on December 7th, 2007. The new paint scheme will be used during training missions to resemble an aggressor aircraft when the jet is transferred to Eielson AFB. [USAF photo by SrA. Giang Nguyen]

Airmen gather to watch a weapons load competition at Kunsan AB on December 14th, 2007. Load crews from the 35th and 80th FS competed in the final load competition for 2007. Seen in this photo are nearside F-16C block 30 #86-0320 from the 80th FS & farside F-16C block 40 #89-2042 from the 35th FS. [USAF photo by SrA. Steven R. Doty]

USAF F-16C block 50 #92-3886 from the 14th FS is seen taxiing to the ramp after a performance as the US Pacific F-16 Demo jet at Elmendorf AFB on August 12th, 2006. [Photo by Chris Starnes]

Pilots from the 80th FS fly a training mission with F-16 block 30s #86-0286, #86-0298 nand #86-0305 over the South Korean peninsula on January 9th, 2008. The 80th FS will soon finish upgrading to block 40s from Eielson AFB under the CCIP. [USAF photo by TSgt. Quinton T. Burris]

Capt. Joseph Drummond, pilot from the 80th FS, flies a training mission with F-16C block 30 #86-0305 (markings for 18 AS) over the South Korean peninsula on January 9th, 2008. The 80th FS will soon finish upgrading to block 40s from Eielson AFB under the CCIP. [USAF photo by TSgt. Quinton T. Burris]

Pilots from the 80th FS fly a training mission with F-16 block 30s #86-0286, #86-0298 nand #86-0305 over the South Korean peninsula on January 9th, 2008. The 80th FS will soon finish upgrading to block 40s from Eielson AFB under the CCIP. [USAF photo by TSgt. Quinton T. Burris]

Pilots from the 80th FS fly a training mission with F-16 block 30s #86-0286, #86-0298 and #86-0305 over the South Korean peninsula on January 9th, 2008. The 80th FS will soon finish upgrading to block 40s from Eielson AFB under the CCIP. [USAF photo by TSgt. Quinton T. Burris]

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]

Crew chiefs from Misawa AB recover F-16C block 50s #90-0803 & #90-0810 from the 14th FS after landing at Hyakuri on January 17th, 2007. The jets and personnel were participating in an aviation training relocation exercise with the JASDF. [USAF photo by SSgt. Vann Miller]

USAF F-16C block 40 #90-0733 now joining the 80th FS lands after a flight from Eielson AFB on January 18th, 2008. The 80th FS will be receiving 18 CCIP block 40 jets from the Alaskan based unit and Eielson will in-turn receive the 80th FS block 30 jets for an aggressor squadron. [USAF photo by TSgt. Quinton T. Burris]