BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Lt. Col. Michael Brill, a 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron pilot, takes off on a combat mission over Iraq here, May 2. Colonel Brill is the first person to fly 6,000 hours in an F-16 Fighting Falcon. Colonel Brill is deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)