9/13/2006 - Maj. Abu Ghandi checks his helmet before takeoff at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Sept. 11. Twelve aircraft and more than 300 Airmen from the South Carolina Air National Guard's 157th Fighter Squadron are deployed to Kadena to conduct theater orientation training. Major Ghandi is an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot assigned to the 157th FS. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Marvin R. Preston)

9/13/2006 - Maj. Abu Ghandi prepares to take off from Kadena Air Base, Japan, Sept. 11. Twelve aircraft and more than 300 Airmen from the South Carolina Air National Guard's 157th Fighter Squadron are deployed to Kadena to conduct theater orientation training. Major Ghandi is an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot assigned to the 157th FS. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Marvin R. Preston)

9/13/2006 - F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the South Carolina Air National Guard's 157th Fighter Squadron taxi in at Kadena Air Base, Japan, after a mission Sept. 11. Twelve aircraft and more than 300 Airmen from the South Carolina Air National Guard's 157th Fighter Squadron are deployed to Kadena to conduct theater orientation training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Marvin R. Preston)