Posted 2/10/2010
An F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off before dawn with Capt. Cory Farrer at the controls on the final day of an operational readiness exercise Feb. 3, 2010, at Misawa Air Base, Japan. The jet's afterburners kicked up a plume of steam and snow as Captain Farrer lifted the nose of the F-16. Captain Farrer is with the 13th Fighter Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)