Air Force Senior Airman Sean Keely, 169th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, conducts preflight checks as he prepares a F-16 fighter jet from the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing to depart Columbia Metropolitan Airport in West Columbia, South Carolina to an alternate airfield September 29, 2022. The temporary relocation is a safety precaution ahead of the anticipated arrival of Hurricane Ian. The aircraft will return to South Carolina and resume their normal flight training operations just as soon as conditions allow.

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