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BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Lt. Col. George Uribe, 332nd Expeditionary Operations Group fighter pilot, is greeted and congratulated by Col. Steven Shepro, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing vice commander, and Col. Charles Moore, 332nd Expeditionary Operations Group commander, after completing 1,000 combat flying hours as an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot here, Feb. 17. Colonel Uribe is deployed from Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)

Lt. Col. George Uribe upon completing his 1000 combat flying hours as an F-16 Fighitng Falcon on Feb.17 at Balad, Iraq, prior to his return to Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)

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