BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Lt. Col. George Uribe, 332nd Expeditionary Operations Group fighter pilot, taxis into a hardened aircraft shelter after completing 1,000 combat flying hours as an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot. Colonel Uribe is deployed from Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)