BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Two F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots from the 23rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron wait to depart here, Feb. 21. Both pilots are deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)
BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Lt. Col Geoffrey Maki, 23rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron pilot, waits to depart here, Feb. 21. Colonel Maki is deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)
BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Lt. Col. Geoffrey Maki, 23rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron pilot, waits to depart here, Feb. 21. Colonel Maki is deployed from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)