Maintaining credible deterrence
F-16 Fighting Falcons taxi down the runway after returning from a training mission during the Peninsula-Wide Combat Employment Response Exercise July 26 at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. Members of the 555th Fighter Squadron from Aviano AB, Italy, on their four-month deployment to Kunsan AB teamed up with Airmen of the 8th Fighter Wing. The F-16s are assigned to the 35th, 80th Fighter Squadrons from Kunsan AB, and the 555th FS. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Steven R. Doty)