An F-16 pilot and crew chief with the 107th Fighter Squadron, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., deployed to Kirkuk, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, prepare for a mission Aprill 1, 2004. The 107th Fighter squadron's mission is to do armed reconnaissance. U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Glenn Wilkewitz
Staff Sgts. Mike Mazure and Ron Davenport, both with the 107th Fighter Squadron, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., run tests on an F-16 pitot tube while deployed to Kirkuk, Iraq, March 28, 2004. U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Glenn Wilkewitz
An F-16 C, piloted by Maj. Leonard W. Isabelle with the 107th Fighter Squadron, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., departs on a mission from Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, March 22, 2004. U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Glenn Wilkewitz
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Justin Smith (l) and Airman 1st Class Anthony Blain, both with the 506th Civil Engineering Squadron, fold up one of many tents no longer in use at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, March 21, 2004. Tent City is slowy being disassembled as more personnel move into more permanent quarters. U.S. Air Force photo Staff Sgt Jeremy Smith