Combat Archer 2012

A 144th Fighter Wing, California Air National Guard, F-16 aircraft lands at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. October 10, 2012. The unit is in Florida to participate in Combat Archer for a two week deployment. The exercise allows pilots and crew of the unit to train and be evaluated with live munitions. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Charles Vaughn)

Combat Archer 2012

A 144th Fighter Wing, California Air National Guard, F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off from Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. October 10, 2012. The unit is in Florida to participate in Combat Archer for a two week deployment. The exercise allows pilots and crew of the unit to train and be evaluated with live munitions. (Air National Guard Photo by Tech. Sgt. Charles Vaughn)

Combat Archer 2012

Master Sgt. Paul Schroder, a crew chief with the 144th Fighter wing, reads technical orders from his maintenance laptop while working on an F-16C Fighting Falcon at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., October 9, 2012. The 194th Fighter Squadron and associated maintenance personnel are participating in a two-week air-to-air combat evaluation called Combat Archer. Combat Archer is an air-to-air weapons system evaluation program, also known as WSEP designed to evaluate air-to-air weapons from buildup and loading, to employment. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Charles Vaughn)

Combat Archer 2012

Master Sgt. Leslie Sundstrom, a 144th Fighter Wing egress craftsman, and Staff Sgt. Paul Kaupanger, a 144th Fighter Wing Hydraulics technician, clean and organize tools in preparation for the Combat Archer exercise October 6, 2012. Combat Archer is a two-week training and evaluation program for ground crews to test their maintenance systems and processes while loading live munitions on as well as critical live training for the pilots to employ air-to-air missiles against remotely piloted target drones in flight. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Charles Vaughn)

Combat Archer 2012

Airmen from the 144th Fighter Wing prep an F-16C Fighting Falcon's for an early morning training mission during Combat Archer, a weapon systems academics exercise, at Tyndall AFB, Florida, October 9, 2012.( Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Charles Vaughn)

Combat Archer 2012

Airmen from the 144th Fighter Wing prep F-16C Fighting Falcon's for an early morning training mission during Combat Archer, a weapon systems academics exercise, at Tyndall AFB, Florida, October 9, 2012.