South Carolina Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter pilot with the 157th Fighter Squadron, South Carolina Air National Guard at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, returns to a hero???s welcome from a four-month Air Expeditionary Force deployment at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 21, 2012. Swamp Fox F-16???s, pilots and support personnel began their AEF deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in early April to take over flying missions for the air tasking order and provide close air support for troops on the ground in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Caycee Watson/Released)