Caption:
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Capt. Matt Ayres, an F-16 Fighting Falcon
pilot assigned to the 363rd Air Expeditionary Wing, prepares for
takeoff before a mission from a forward-deployed location in Southwest
Asia on March 27. Ayres is deployed from the 77th Fighter Squadron,
Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. Aircraft move around the clock to support
Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew
Hannen)
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