US Air Force

Lt. Col. Michael Brill, a 421st EFS pilot, takes off on a combat mission in F-16C block 40 #88-0466 (marked 466th FS) from the 4th FS over Iraq at Balad AB on May 2nd, 2008. On that day Colonel Brill broke the world record he previously set for F-16 flying hours when he surpassed the 6,000 hours milestone. [USAF photo by SrA. Julianne Showalter]
Lt. Col. Miles 'Quatro' Demayo, 55th FS commander, takes off in F-16C block 50 #92-3920 for Hill AFB on May 9th, 2008 in support of Operation Combat Hammer. [USAF photo by SSgt. Nathan Bevier] See also: 55th FS deploy for Combat Hammer
USAF F-16C block 50 #94-0049 from the 55th FS is coming in for landing after a training sortie on October 18th, 2006. [Photo by Joseph Handelman] The final 388th FW Block 40, #88-0421 from 421st FS to undergo CCIP upgrades is handed over to Col. Scott Dennis, 388th FW commander, in a ceremony on April 21st, 2008. Beginning in November 2005, depot workers from the 309th Maintenance Wing, led by Brig. Gen. Art Cameron, invested over 5,500 maintenance hours into each of 388th FW's 72 aircraft. CCIP brings upgraded avionics and communications systems to pilots in combat. Hill's 4th FS was the first to fly CCIP F-16s in combat in August of 2007. [USAF photo by Alex Lloyd]
USAF F-16C block 40 #88-0419 assigned to the 421st EFS, launches on a sortie on April 21st, 2008 from Balad AB. On April 20th, USAF pilots had flown more than 1 million sorties in support of the Global War on Terrorism. [USAF photo by SrA. Julianne Showalter] See also: 1 million sorties flown for GWOT