OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM -- Members of the End of Runway team of the 157th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, make final preparations for this F-16CJ to fly another combat sortie, April 1, 2003. The 157th AMU is assigned to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing. The 379th AEW is a forward deployed unit in Southwest Asia, supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 157th AMU is a deployed unit from the South Carolina Air National Guard assigned to the 169th Fighter Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Edward E. Snyder)