Lt. Col. Ed Casey, an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot and Director of Operations for the 421st Fighter Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, flies in formation with a Utah National Guard KC-135 tanker in route to San Diego, Calif. 18 Jan. 2013. A cadre of Hill

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Lt. Col. Ed Casey, an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot and Director of Operations for the 421st Fighter Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, flies in formation with a Utah National Guard KC-135 tanker in route to San Diego, Calif. 18 Jan. 2013. A cadre of Hill based 388th Fighter Wing pilots will be operating out of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar to provide close air support for the Marine Corps Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 13-1 formerly known as Mojave Viper. This joint training operation, executed at 29 Palms, prepares Marine battalions for deployment to Afghanistan.

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