F-16 - 'Makos' support ground forces

ALI BASE, Iraq—After spending here because of a weather diversion, Lt. Col. Jose Monteagudo gets into the cockpit of his F-16 Fighting Falcon Oct. 18. The colonel flies with the 332nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Balad Air Base, Iraq. He is deployed from the 482nd Fighter Wing at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. The fighters provide air support to Operation Iraqi Freedom coalition ground forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Paul Dean)