Ready to Go

A Hawaii Air National Guard F-15 from the 199th Fighter Squadron taxis for takeoff Aug. 17 at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. The 154th Wing of the Hawaii ANG is hosting Dissimilar Aircraft Combat Tactics training with F-16s from the 93rd Fighter Squadron of Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. in exercise Cactus Aloha. (US Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ray Sarracino)

Gorilla in the sky

An F-15 Strike Eagle of the 58th Fighter Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., takes off at Homestead ARB. The F-15 'Gorillas' from Eglin battled the F-16 'Makos' from Homestead for air superiority in a two week air-to-air combat training exercise (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Capt. John Jacobus).