Lt. Col. Vince O’Connor, the commander of the 555th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, waits inside an F-16 Fighting Falcon after landing on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 19, 2017. Over his career, O’Connor has accumulated more than 2,000 flying hours, which amounts to months of flying.

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