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Va-room!

An F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off before dawn with Capt. Cory Farrer at the controls Feb. 3, 2010, on the final day of an operational readiness exercise at Misawa Air Base, Japan. The jet's afterburners kicked up a plume of steam and snow as the aircraft lifted. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Misawa operations after dark

An F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off before dawn with Capt. Cory Farrer at the controls on the final day of an operational readiness exercise Feb. 3, 2010, at Misawa Air Base, Japan. The jet's afterburners kicked up a plume of steam and snow as Captain Farrer lifted the nose of the F-16. Captain Farrer is with the 13th Fighter Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Rising with the sun

While piloting an F-16 Fighting Falcon, Capt. Craig Phelps takes off into the morning sky Feb. 3, 2010, during an exercise at Misawa Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jamal D. Sutter)

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Looking for a 'fight'

F-16 Fighting Falcon "Aggressors" fly over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex during Red Flag-Alaska Oct. 8, 2009 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christopher Boitz)

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Into the night

Floodlights illuminate an F-16 Fighting Falcon outside a hardened aircraft shelter at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Jan. 19, 2010. Flightline operations continue into the night to keep the base's F-16s, pilots and maintenance crews ready to deploy at a moment's notice. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

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Exercise Amalgam Virgo

F-16 Fighting Falcons, like the one shown here, sit ready to deploy at a moment's notice to respond to possible or real air threats over the United States. Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region officials will be conducting Exercise Amalgam Virgo 10-Miami on Jan. 28, 2010, to test command and control and execution procedures for air defense for Super Bowl XLIV. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. David Neve)

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F-16s scrambled

Two F-16 Fighting Falcons, like the one shown here, were scrambled Jan. 8, 2010, to respond to an incident occurring on a commercial airliner. The airliner landed safely where it was met by law enforcement officials. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)

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Air Force officials release F-16 accident report

Two F-16 Fighting Falcons, similar to the ones pictured above, collided during a training mission, Oct. 15, 2009, about 126 nautical miles southeast of Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Brett Clashman)

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Looking to prowl

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 79th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron prepares to take off from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 26, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Felicia Juenke)

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Alert mission protects U.S. airspace, interests

Capt. Matthew Feeman in an F-16 Fighting Falcon approaches a Cessna airplane, flown by South Carolina's Civil Air Patrol, to initiate a "head butt" as part of exercise Fertile Keynote Nov. 19, 2009 above South Carolina. A head butt is an action taken by the intercepting aircraft to redirect the intruder in the appropriate direction after other communications, like radio contact, have failed. Captain Feeman is an F-16 alert pilot from the 55th Fighter Squadron (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Michael Cowley)

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Alert mission protects U.S. airspace, interests

Capt. Matthew Feeman in an F-16 Fighting Falcon approaches a Cessna airplane, flown by South Carolina's Civil Air Patrol, to initiate a "head butt" as part of exercise Fertile Keynote Nov. 19, 2009 above South Carolina. A head butt is an action taken by the intercepting aircraft to redirect the intruder in the appropriate direction after other communications, like radio contact, have failed. Captain Feeman is an F-16 alert pilot from the 55th Fighter Squadron (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Michael Cowley)

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Turn of the screw

Senior Airman Chris Cerrillo, 13th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, tightens screws on the wing of an F-16 Fighting Falcon, Nov. 16, 2009, at Komatsu Air Base, Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Phillip Butterfield)

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Looking for trouble

F-16 Fighting Falcons from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. head out to the Nevada Test and Training Range, Oct. 29, 2009, during Red Flag 10-1. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. The exercise is one of a series of advanced training programs administered by the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Brett Clashman)

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Falcon Air Meet

His Royal Highness Prince Feisal Bin Al Hussein presents a Falcon Air Meet 2009 award Nov. 3, 2009, to Col. Mike Hudson, commander of the South Carolina Air National Guard's 169th Operations Group based at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C. The unit represented the United States in the three-nation F-16 Fighting Falcon competition at Mwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Caycee Cook)

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Falcon Air Meet

An F-16 Flying Falcon lands Oct. 28, 2009, during the Falcon Air Meet at Mwaffaq Salti Air Base, Azraq, Jordan. The Falcon Air Meet is an annual exercise between the U.S. Air Force, the Royal Jordanian Air Force and other regional countries whose air forces fly the F-16 Fighting Falcon. The Colorado and South Carolina Air National Guards are among this year's participants. (U.S. Army photo/Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill)

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Balad maintainers keep F-16s flying

Airman Travis Sharp, 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron crew chief, reviews his checklist while inspecting the lower fuselage of an F-16 Fighting Falcon Oct. 20, 2009, at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Airman Sharp is deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christopher Hubenthal)

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Balad maintainers keep F-16s flying

Airman 1st Class Kyle Crawford, 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron electronics and environmental systems specialist, inventories a composite tool kit Oct. 20, 2009 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christopher Hubenthal)

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Balad maintainers keep F-16s flying

Airman Travis Sharp inspects the lower fuselage of an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Oct. 20, 2009. Airman Sharp is a crew chief with the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christopher Hubenthal)

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Balad maintainers keep F-16s flying

Airman Travis Sharp inspects the lower fuselage of an F-16 Fighting Falcon Oct. 20, 2009, at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Airman Sharp is deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, and is assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christopher Hubenthal)

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Balad maintainers keep F-16s flying

Airman 1st Class Kyle Crawford, 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron electronics and environmental systems specialist, inspects the down lock switch assembly for an F-16 Fighting Falcon Oct. 20, 2009 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christopher Hubenthal)

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