PIT STOP - U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Gary Middlebrooks, piloting an F-16 Fighting Falcon, waits in a hot pit area for his wingman as sunset approaches in Balad, Iraq, Aug. 17, 2008. Fighters taxi to hot pit areas before takeoff so airmen can ready the aircrafts' weapons systems for combat. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Nancy Ausland
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