Lt. Col. Jose "Hoser" Monteagudo, 93rd Fighter Squadron commander, watches Staff Sgt. Adam Cartwright for pre-flight signals Aug. 11, 2006, at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. Air Force Reserve Command's 482nd Fighter Wing pilots and maintainers headed to Hickam Air Force Base to train with the Hawaii Air National Guard in exercise Cactus Aloha. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Bucky Parrish)

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Staff Sgts. Adam Cartwright and Trish Anderson salute as 93rd Fighter Squadron Commander Lt. Col. Jose "Hoser" Monteagudo approaches his aircraft Aug. 11, 2006, at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. Air Force Reserve Command's 482nd Fighter Wing pilots and maintainers headed to Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, to train with the Hawaii Air National Guard in exercise Cactus Aloha. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Bucky Parrish)

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Staff Sgt. Gabe Pedraza, 482nd Maintenance Squadron, examines the flight control surface movement during F-16 pre-flight checks Aug. 11, 2006, at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. Air Force Reserve Command's 482nd Fighter Wing pilots and maintainers headed to Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, to train with the Hawaii Air National Guard in exercise Cactus Aloha. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Bucky Parrish

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Tech. Sgt. Clive Williams straps Lt. Col. Scott Goodfellow into the cockpit of his F-16 prior to engine start on Aug. 11, 2006, at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. Lt. Col. Goodfellow along with fellow pilots and maintainers headed to Hickam Air Force Base to train with the Hawaii Air National Guard in exercise Cactus Aloha. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Bucky Parrish)

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Tech. Sgt. Roberto Muniz checks the security setting of the missile launcher on an F-16 during end-of-runway inspection Aug. 11, 2006, at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. Air Force Reserve Command's 482nd Fighter Wing pilots and maintainers headed to Hickam Air Force Base to train with the Hawaii Air National Guard in exercise Cactus Aloha. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Bucky Parrish)

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Staff Sgt. Ted Yoder signals that the aircraft is ready for flight after end-of-runway checks on an F-16 Aug. 11, 2006, at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. Air Force Reserve Command's 482nd Fighter Wing pilots and maintainers headed to Hickam Air Force Base to train with the Hawaii Air National Gaurd in exercise Cactus Aloha. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Bucky Parrish)

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A 482nd Fighter Wing F-16 lifts off Aug. 11, 2006, at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., on its way to Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. Homestead reservists headed to Hickam AFB to train with the Hawaii Air National Guard in exercise Cactus Aloha. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Bucky Parrish)

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From Homestead to Hawaii

Published Aug. 21, 2006