Guard unit helps protect nation
An F-15 Eagle takes off from Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., with afterburners blazing, during a training mission Oct. 3 for Operation Noble Eagle. The 125th Fighter Wing, Det. 1, provides the Continental NORAD Region commander rapid response to invasions of the sovereign airspace of the U.S. and responds with appropriate defense measures against all hostile actions directed at the people and property of the U.S. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)